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At one of my former jobs we had an S/38. No one had dropped the
'landing gear,' and if you were working at the console and rested your
hands too heavily the whole CPU would roll across the floor slightly--
maybe an inch or so.. We'd just pull it back where it belonged.
.
One day the CPU moved, and we got a strange halt on the system. Moved
it back, and the halt went away! Turns out the halt said something
like, "You've unplugged a disk-- GIVE IT BACK!"
.
CE determined that one of the disk attachment cables was not fully
seated-- the rolling CPU would unplug/replug the cable. We were
pleasantly pleased that the system just halted and asked for its disk
back, then continued merrily on once it saw the disk again.

Paul E Musselman

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