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The actual "bug" story was when Admiral Grace Hopper (of COBOL Fame) 
opend a early computer that was not working and found a moth stuck in a 
relay.

> 
>       I believe the Subject should be 'Computer Legends', as opposd 
to ISeries Legends. 
>       To wit; ISeries logo, didn;t even exist when the 'legend' was 
created.
> 
>       My favorite over the years, was a story told to me by an old 
school prof.
> 
>       According to him, (and this goes back 40 years or so), the 
term 'Bug', in reference to computers, 
>       happened in an IBM research lab, when they left the windows 
open one night, and the moths and insects
>       clogged up the disk drives, and a considerable amount of 
research was lost.
>       How much truth, or fact is associated with that story is 
questionable, but it's always seemed plausible in my mind.
>       That's because, maybe with the exception of Joe, I can remember 
the old RAMAC drives, and the story seems very plausible.
> 
> Ken Shields.
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