X-NEWS: spcvxb comp.os.vms: 16613 Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0 13.10.90 VAX/VMS V5.4; site spcvxb.spc.edu Path: spcvxb.spc.edu!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!bony1!billg Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: THE GUY FROM SI (Was: Who would you buy from?) Message-ID: <1991May30.154326.9927@bony1.bony.com> From: billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) Date: 30 May 91 15:43:26 GMT References: <"29-May-91.13:51:56".*.Brian_K._Talley.Wbst207V@Xerox.com> Organization: The Bank of New York Lines: 117 My experiences with SI's 8mm system prompted me to write the following memos to my boss (the first was after staying with them from 4pm until 1am the following morning). They never did get the Unibus version to work. In order to better appreciate this, note the following: Our SI field rep was Iranian, Ralph is/was a VAX 8650, Otto was a former System Manger/Guru at our sight, Russ was one of our DEC field eng's based at Bell Labs. I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M Date: 16-Aug-1989 10:02am EST From: William Gripp WSG Dept: Research Computing Tel No: (201) 277-7454 Subject: The Long Version (From the LP "Things Otto Never Told You") ODE to an ABUSED UNIBUS (by Dr. Zeus) Oh me oh my, No doubt the guy... From SI... Is rather spry!!! ?Or is he a foreign spy? Determined to make our cluster nodes cry... "Go away from here you Guy from SI... Before you make my UNIBUS fry!" But the Guy from SI... Will give it one more try... So that no one can deny... He really knows how to make a VAX die. Oh why oh why... Does that Guy from SI... Not allow our VAX cluster to fly... While he cooks Ralph's RL02 dry? But since he's not too shy... For the honor he'll vie... Of being able to ply... Out of our VAXes their last sigh. He must have ESP or bugged our VAX when he was here. He's BUSY on Thursday, but is available either Wednesday or Friday to give us another dose of his UNIBUSicide. Can Russ make it on one of those (make sure he brings lots of his VAXicillin)??? Stay tuned for the next chapter of... THE GUY FROM SI, Vax Killer Extrordinair. INTEROFFICE C I B A - G E I G Y CORRESPONDENCE Date: 17-Aug-1989 01:47pm EST From: William Gripp WSG Dept: Research Computing Tel No: (201) 277-7454 Subject: The Next Installment CHAPTER TWO I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M Date: 17-Aug-1989 10:13am EST From: William Gripp WSG Dept: Research Computing Tel No: (201) 277-7454 Subject: CIA Communication ******** TOP SECRET ******** *** Ciba Intelligence Agency Communication *** Have been informed by intelligence sources that there is a 99+% chance of terrorist action on 17 August 1989 between 14:00 hours and 16:00 hours. Suspected targets are VAX computer systems at a major northern New Jersey pharmaceutical firm. It is anticipated that the Islamic fundamentalist group S.I. will send their most experienced terrorist, THE GUY FROM S.I., to lead S.I.'s UAF (Unibus Assault Forces). The DELTA (Digital Equipment Liberation Team Auxiliary) FORCE has been notified, has established their command post at position BELL LABS, and has been ordered to stand by at Condition P. In the event the terrorist action is aborted or successfully repelled, DELTA Force will be ordered to stand down at 19:00 hours. ******** END COMMUNICATION ********