BC>  BW>      Finally I opened the other side of the panel.  On
BC>  BW> one pin to that module's plug, one wire was wrapped
BC>  BW> around the terminal WITH THE INSULATION STILL ON IT and
BC>  BW> not soldered.  That wire had never been connected to
BC>  BW> that pin and in two years of operation no one had
BC>  BW> called on it to operate.
BC> Amazing.
     Yes, and exactly why I didn't connect it on the
spot, just used a jumper.  I figured if I peeled off
the insulation and soldered the wire, NO ONE would ever
believe it, even tho I had the mathematician as a
witness.
     When the day crew arrived, I showed it to the
maintenance chief, who immediately called the head
mathematician.  We ended with quite a crowd shaking
their heads.  And worrying about what undetected errors
this might have caused.  No further "work" was done for
a couple of days while tests were made, proving that
any attempt to use this wire unconnected would result
in a machine failure and not a mathematical error.
     Big sigh of relief!
  FIDO: Bill White @ 1:135/110 (Miami)
 InterNet: bill.white@110.sunshine.com
 * SLMR 2.1a * Pandora's Law: Never open a box you didn't close yourself
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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