Re: "Phone" on VAX/VMS
Decwars would do that. 20 of us with iffy credentials and instructions on where to find it squirrelled away on the new DEC2020 at the Poly down the road.
Caused a thermal check which tripped the EPO. The sudden cessation of power whilst the arrangement was running at full chat was less than kind to the attached disk units which, back then, relied on the machine to tell 'em to park the actuators in order to spin down gracefully. Writing off 20 grand's worth of kit wouldn't be popular now. Back in the early eighties.....!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
