(Just think about the equivalent in software support.)
The Lawrence Livermore National lab resident supercomputer field engineer (Mr Contento) had this toolbox for when the [CDC] 7600 broke down, which was about once a day, sometimes more! Items included:
* bag of 6 metal open rectangles with alligator clip on each end.
* yellow plastic ruler
* bag of small tools: screwdriver, picks, probes, brush, file
* 2 boxes of small blue tubes with a piece of metal in the middle
* hand drill
* a bag with a lock and two metal objects
* Wire wrap wires - some blue and some white.
* a bag containing a connector with twisted pairs of wire wrap wires connected and more white and blue wire wrap wires
* two cooling pipe connectors
* a bag of metal rods, some with plastic tube attached at one end, and flat metal rectangles. A label on one rode says "Do not use" The label on another says "153-7600 PIN STRAIGHTNER"
* a bag with
smaller bag with 10 wire crimp connectors
a round box labeled 01530400
a small tube labeled "Bendix Besley H. S. Steel Drills"and various numbers
a small plastic box labeled ""Razor Blades 6" containing 4 razor blades
a small plastic box labeled "5-1-78. solder sleves, large, 15"
a small plastic box labeled "100 Pins, 113-8100"
a small plastic box labeled "9-3-81, 7, DRILL CONECTOR REPAIR, 200-6700
* a bag containing
two drill bit chucks
third drill bit chuck in a plastic bag labeled 0152-7100"
the upper part of a drill bit chuck
two boxes of drill bits. One has a label "Cle-Forge High Speed, Straight Shank Drills, Set No. 420-88, 2301-8111, Size 61 thru 80"
* a bag containing
a bag of 6 connectors labeled "201-2100, 6"
6 loose connectors
a small bag of brass shims labeled "SHIMS, 25 X 375"
a bag of brass shims labeled "152-2800, 24"
a bag labeled "Buzzer Tipis"
a bag of 4 connectors labeled "152-1700, 3"
* a bag of three test probes. One is labeled "0219-9200, CONTINUITY"
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