> VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places.
The story involves a VAX 750, and an IBM 3090.
The passage that will get you to start shaking you head is:
> The fire alarm klaxon went off and the siren warning of imminent halon gas release was screaming. We started to panic but the data center manager shouted over the din, ``Don't worry, the halon system failed its acceptance test last week. It's disabled and nothing will happen.''
I am reminded of The Vax War - https://www.hactrn.net/sra/vaxen.html
Some may recall its opening (and closing) line:
> VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places.
The story involves a VAX 750, and an IBM 3090.
The passage that will get you to start shaking you head is:
> The fire alarm klaxon went off and the siren warning of imminent halon gas release was screaming. We started to panic but the data center manager shouted over the din, ``Don't worry, the halon system failed its acceptance test last week. It's disabled and nothing will happen.''