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In Dec 2003, I was helping during our migration from our 830 to our new 810.

Attached to the 830 was a 3570C in a big white rack.  The tape was going to be 
move to the new 810.  When it was time to shut down the old system, not being 
familiar with the white racks, I flipped the big orange switch labeled 
"ON/OFF".  Felt like the switch broke, so I looked a little closer.  "Unit 
Emergency Power Off"... opps, should have read that a little closer before 
throwing it I suppose.... <grin>

The tape drive is still in the rack, but it gets its power directly from the 
wall outlet now.

I decided to consider it an energy saving move...no reason to waste power 
energizing the rack and powering its fans right?  <lol>

Hopefully, in the next month or two the 3570 will be gone and we can get rid of 
the rack.  Along with the 8" diskette drive and reel-to-real tape drive still 
in it.

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> When we unplugged our last white rack from our iSeries (only 
> had it to 
> hold some 3590 tape drives we also got rid of) I thought I'd 
> hit the big 
> red switch after I unplugged it.  Switch broke just as clean 
> as all those 
> switches that broke on 3196 terminals.  Didn't hear anything from our 
> vendor upon receipt.  If any of you gets a white rack second 
> hand with a 
> broken emergency power switch...
> 
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> IBM was installing our brand-new System/3 Model 15, and something 
> went wrong.  The CE had to pull the "Emergency Pull" knob.  He was so 
> enthusiastic that it broke off in his hand.  I don't think it was 
> intended that it break off...
> 
> As I remember the way it worked, it was like a big On/Off switch, and 
> all it did was turn off main power.  Fast.  Cold.  And there was a 
> mechanical interlock so you couldn't just push it back in and 
> restart; you called IBM.  If you had to use it, it had better be a 
> BIG emergency (ie smoke pouring out of the system unit).
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