Back around the turn of the millennium, this university computer department upgrades several computer labs, working with the Facilities people to get things done right, according to a pilot fish on the scene.&They put in raised floors in the all the labs and even the halls, to run cables effortlessly and make future changes,& says fish.
&And several whole-room UPSes, one for each student lab, and a line conditioner.
Even the air-conditioning units were sized correctly and had future capacity.
It seemed a dream come true — until the first week of class."Almost immediately, students using one of the labs discover that their floppy disks are being scrambled or wiped.
No one can figure out why, and since no one wants to lose his work, the lab is a virtual ghost town a month into the semester.