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rob pike

In August 1981 we had a persistent problem with the RP06 on our PDP-11/70 crashing disks. It even crashed once while the DEC repairman was standing next to it trying to figure out why the previous pack had died. We collected a few dead packs, and they were forming a pile. Lillian, never one to miss an opportunity, suggested building a mobile. ...

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A great day in Unix Room lore, if you ignore the fact we couldn't work at all.

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@robpike I like the suspended cake containers. They add a certain je ne sais quoi to this room.

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@waterbear I would think you are joking but just in case those are RP06 disc packs.

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@robpike haha yeah, I wasn't sure exactly what they were, but I was fairly certain they weren't for cakes :)

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