Sometimes I get boxes of computer junk. In the latest boxes there were lots of pamphlets and booklets about Xerox computer systems.
Front side of 6085 data sheet.
Here you can see the front side of the sheet. Notice the heavy-duty keyboard and huge mouse.
Back of 6085 data sheet.
Here is the back side of the sheet. Yes that “rigid disk” is in bits, not bytes. The publish date is 4/85.
IBM Professional Technician
Tired of having long-hair, T-shirt wearing teenagers attempt to repair your computer? Then you need “Sharp dressed Repair-man!”
This picture was taken from an IBM System/36 pamphlet about maintenance support. Could you doubt his professionalism? This repair-man isn’t fixing, he’s doing computer surgery.
In no way am I poking fun at this picture. Professionalism is missing in the information-business-today’s buzzword technology field; especially the attire.
When it comes to network devices, such as switches, faster is better. However, smaller is not always better.
One such case at the House of Onyx, Inc., For two years, two computers have used a single switch to relay traffic to the gateway. A very light load for even a 4 port switch. The first year it was a 3COM switch. I started to see intermintent connections to the LAN. Finally it failed. The 3COM was replaced with a Linksys Network Everywhere 5-port switch. Even smaller than the 3COM.
Two weeks ago the same intermitent connection problem returned. I tested the computers and the newly added printer. Moved cables around. The problem remained. When I felt of the switch, it was uncomfortably hot.
I had an old Asanté 8-port 10Mb hub from a previous upgrade. The hub is built solid and runs cool to the touch.