FC8, lost sound
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sat Mar 22 02:16:13 UTC 2008
On Friday 21 March 2008, Tim wrote:
>On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 10:23 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> However, the 747, 757 and 767 manuals all have preflight inspection
>> steps including "remove all covering material from the pitot tubes"
>> and "remove wheel chocks before attempting to taxi".
>
>While we're digressing about manuals, I was somewhat amused by something
>I was told by a colleague, years ago: The service manuals for one of
>the broadcast television cameras (I think it was a Marconi) all had CPR
>instructions in the front, just in case someone working on them got
>bitten by the electricity.
>
>One of my favourite personal discoveries while doing some servicing work
>at a local studio was finding an aspirin taped inside the chassis of a
>computer. It caused some mirth while we debated whether it was supposed
>to help the crappy PC, or was there to help the next poor sod who had to
>work on it. ;-)
>
And then there was the manual that came with the Bell TR-7 1/4" audio tape
recorder, circa 1956 or so. It said in rather large type,
Please try our way first!
Loved it, never forgot it.
--
Cheers, Gene
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