DEC Terminal Memories
I was lucky in my first job, I managed to "acquire" one of the few VT240s that we had instead of a 220 (thinking about it my VT220 went onto a DEC Rainbow 100 floor model that I was trying out).
For some reason I left the VT240 in the computer room when I went on holiday and the place burned down! It was the result of an electrical short in the adjacent workshop but we did retrieve the somewhat melted terminal. I'm not sure who's idea it was to plug the thing in (at a safe distance) but it duly came up with a slightly dim VT240 OK message! They were tough bits of kit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
