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0700 7 JAN '68

AFTER 7 HOURS OF CAREFUL PRODDING,
PDP-6 SEEMS TO BE UP (DESPITE BEST
EFFORTS OF SRR AND CREW). FOUND
3 BAD 6205's, FIXED ONE (NOW BIT 35);
TROUBLE WAS SOLDERING HACKERY DURING
GREAT SOLDER WARMING SIEGE.

ONE MYSTERIOUS BUG DISAPPEARED
FOR NO APPARENT REASON: CARRY DROPPING
BETWEEN BITS 2 AND 1.

RAN ALL PARTS INS. TEST BRIEFLY;
ALSO TIME-SHARED VINS 4, 5, BLTST.

FINALLY, LEST THIS VOLUME OF THE MIGHTY SAGA
END ON A NOTE OF UNDUE OPTIMISM, LET NONE
FORGET THIS WORD: THOUGH THIS BE AN HOUR OF
TRIUMPH, THE FORCE OF EVIL ARE NOT VANQUISHED,
AND UNDER EACH BEDSHEET BOARD, BEHIND EVERY BUSS
CONNECTOR, AND IN ALL DARK PLACES OF THE WORLD,
WAITING EVER TO TRAP THE UNWARY LOSER, THERE LURKS
OMNIPRESENT, IMPLACABLE DOOM!! DMP