! X-NEWS: spcvxb comp.os.vms: 16613 I Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0 13.10.90 VAX/VMS V5.4; site spcvxb.spc.edu i Path: spcvxb.spc.edu!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!bony1!billg  Newsgroups: comp.os.vms 7 Subject: THE GUY FROM SI (Was: Who would you buy from?) 2 Message-ID: <1991May30.154326.9927@bony1.bony.com>' From: billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp)  Date: 30 May 91 15:43:26 GMTG References: <"29-May-91.13:51:56".*.Brian_K._Talley.Wbst207V@Xerox.com> " Organization: The Bank of New York
 Lines: 117  F My experiences with SI's 8mm system prompted me to write the followingF memos to my boss (the first was after staying with them from 4pm untilE 1am the following morning).  They never did get the Unibus version to  work.     7 In order to better appreciate this, note the following:    Our SI field rep was Iranian,  Ralph is/was a VAX 8650,2 Otto was a former System Manger/Guru at our sight,7 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  K                                          Date:      16-Aug-1989 10:02am EST B                                          From:      William Gripp 8                                                     WSG F                                          Dept:      Research ComputingB                                          Tel No:    (201) 277-7454     Subject: The Long Version (From the LP "Things Otto Never Told You")                                                                                                    3               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... 8               	       	  Before you make my UNIBUS fry!"&               	 But the Guy from SI.../               	    Will give it one more try... 0               	       So that no one can deny...?               	       	  He really knows how to make a VAX die.                 	 Oh why oh why...+               	    Does that Guy from SI... 9               	       Not allow our VAX cluster to fly... 9               	       	  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.	           	           D               He must have ESP or bugged our VAX when he was here.  E          He's BUSY on Thursday, but is available either Wednesday or  F          Friday to give us another dose of his UNIBUSicide.  Can Russ B          make it on one of those (make sure he brings lots of his           VAXicillin)??? 	           5               	 Stay tuned for the next chapter of... 	           7               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  K                                          Date:      17-Aug-1989 10:13am EST B                                          From:      William Gripp 8                                                     WSG F                                          Dept:      Research ComputingB                                          Tel No:    (201) 277-7454       Subject: CIA Communication                                                                                                                                              5                          ******** TOP SECRET ******** 	           >                 *** Ciba Intelligence Agency Communication ***	           	           G               Have been informed by intelligence sources that there is  E          a 99+% chance of terrorist action on 17 August 1989 between  %          14:00 hours and 16:00 hours. 	           D               Suspected targets are VAX computer systems at a major 1          northern New Jersey pharmaceutical firm. 	           F               It is anticipated that the Islamic fundamentalist group G          S.I. will send their most experienced terrorist, THE GUY FROM  :          S.I., to lead S.I.'s UAF (Unibus Assault Forces).	           F               The DELTA (Digital Equipment Liberation Team Auxiliary) E          FORCE has been notified, has established their command post  D          at position BELL LABS, and has been ordered to stand by at           Condition <CTRL>P. 	           >               In the event the terrorist action is aborted or E          successfully repelled, DELTA Force will be ordered to stand            down at 19:00 hours. 	           9                       ******** END COMMUNICATION ******** 	           