In the late 70's when I was at uni, we had a PDP11/34 in a lab with about 15 teletypes hooked in
It turned out to be unusually susceptible to static, as several students including myself only had to touch the handle of the door to the room and every head poring over the teletype output would suddenly look up as the system crashed
Bit awkward when you had a class in there
We had porters going round with water filled spray bottles at one time damping down the nylon carpets, which did nothing, they eventually removed the carpets altogether which helped a bit
I found an earthing point and grounded myself before going anywhere near the room, which helped a lot more
Biting the hand that feeds IT
