On 27/01/2015 23:53, Ralph DiMola wrote:
I wrote the OS for a custom computer for solving the 3d solution of the FA-18 Flight Simulator back in the 80's. I had to write the floating point input/display routines. I was very proud how I anticipated all the combos for FP input. 1.0/1/1e10/.0005 e-20/0.0005/-55/1.125 e0 and all the other(so I thought) input expectations and error handling. I Demoed it for colleague before I presented it to the team and he typed +0 and it crashed the OS. Woops......
Back in the 80's, I worked on a graphics display/editor for an IC design system; it worked on Tektronix 401x displays.
We had a really irritating bug that we just couldn't find, so every so often, during a screen refresh (which could take 10-30 seconds), the program would crash; this was always preceded by failures in the re-drawing, which could be easily recognized by someone experienced with it, but weren't immediately obvious to a casual observer.
The Tektronix displays had this really stooopid design feature - the on/off switch was on the lower right front of the pedestal just where your right foot could inadvertantly catch on it as you crossed or uncrossed your legs, and switch off the display.
It was surprising how often the operator demo-ing the system to a potential customer would accidentally hit that switch when failure mode was imminent :-)
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