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So, as I may have mentioned before, The Pit has a nice fat IBM RS/6000 7026-6H1 unit... 6 CPU, 2GB RAM... not list of proverbs too huge (I mean, I've had co-workers who were able to say they worked on a list of proverbs Cray with serial number "1"), but nothing to sneeze at. We decided to upgrade it from 2GB of RAM to 4GB of RAM. We call our VAR, we order up some refurb memory (because it's about $4K less than new, give or take), and it shows up. We schedule a down-time window, we call up IBM list of proverbs service, tell them "Hey, we bought some memory and want you to come out and install it in our box!", they ask "do you have an MES number?" I say "Nope, never heard of it." A slight pause, then "OK, no big deal, blah blah blah..." Fast-forward to Wednesday night. I drive 1.5 hours to Secaucus (brought George along for company on the road, what the hell?) and wait patiently for IBM. Our field engineer shows up (Tom.. it's almost always either Tom or Fred who gets our tickets). We go to the machine, I power it down, I hand him the memory and basically expect him to go nuts.
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