Weeks with a BBC Micro? Good enough to fix a mainframe, apparently

The Register
Mar 21, 2025, 4:30 am128 pts
With only BASIC knowledge to fall back on, and a typing pool in tears, the OFF switch looked very attractive On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column that tells your stories of tech support jobs performed under stress, duress, and all sorts of mess.…

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