[Boatanchors] New official acronym

[Morris Dillingham]

Back when I was with IBM in the 70s, they made the changeover to FRU
replacements and we started teaching that with little theory of how =
things
worked.  The old techs didn't take to well to it.  Troubleshooting was =
done
with map charts that had the tech measure levels with a colored light =
device
and  then respond to the map questions.  The techs referred to each =
machine
by its complexity as a "one banana" or "two banana" box.  They felt like
monkeys without any recognized technical abilities responding to the =
banana
stimulus.  IBM was always ahead of the times on things like that.

Morris=20

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Strange, was just talking about that very same problem no less than an
hour ago with a young technician asking about a job.  It entailed "down
to the component" skills and he wondered why.  All his current work is
done with module replacment.  Said had some very large Tupperware
tubs full of modules they carry for "fixing" things.  Only problem I =
guess,
they don't know what to do if the module does not cure outage.  Humm
guess the '50s and '60s training might come back around.

Rod
K0EQH

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Berbari" <eberbari at indy.rr.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:09 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] New official acronym


> One reason we all love our boatanchors is that we can get inside them, =
fix
> them, modify them, and give them the love that they need.  Parts are =
not
yet
> a major problem.
>
> I just read an article in the latest issue of the IEEE Spectrum =
Magazine.
> Seems that all of the modern stuff is causing great problems for the
> military since they must keep warehouses full of no longer made
components.
> Part of the problem is that the military now uses a lot of commercial
stuff
> which leaves the market place fairly quickly.  The new acronym is =
DMSMS:
> Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages.
>
> Obviously not a problem for us!
>
> Ed, W9EJB
>
>
> _______________________________________________

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