Who knew power strips were color-coded?
Susan writes: Our computer room, as well as Programmer and IT tech offices are behind locked doors. As a result, the cleaning crew does not vacuum at night. I am not a neat freak, by any means, but one day the dirt and debris got to me. I went into the storage closet next door to the computer room, and brought out the vacuum cleaner, looked around for a plug, spied a power strip with an empty socket and plugged in. As soon as I turned on the vacuum, the phones started ringing. Not only had I taken down the AS/400 but our entire network. Who knew power strips were color-coded? Never, ever plug into an orange power strip! ***************************************************************************************** New student grant field causes possible parental coronaries Leigh writes: My story is from the mid eighties, when I was working as an A/P on a System/36 running student grants. It was decided that the system would need to hold a brand-new field — Parental Contribution. So I wrote
