[Dr_Jefyll]

Glad to see confirmation of using a rubber band to fix an IBM mainframe. Been there done that, but the story is so loony I wondered if anyone would believe me. http://laughtonelectronics.com/oldsite/comm_mfg/commercial_i...

[eitland]

Love that you've updated your page with a reference to this discussion already :-)

[Dr_Jefyll]

I was delighted at being able to cite an independent source saying such a thing was possible!

In the 2016 HN thread "Strange bug workarounds" I posted a much gnarlier problem (and oddball solution): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12485921

[eitland]

Read it yesterday as I was reading your previous posts :-)

(I often check the posting history when someone posts something interesting.)