Often while we techs are running cables or tracking down network issues, we will discover hidden rooms and spaces that are not on the official maps of the building.
Our company has used the building since the 1970's, so it's not surprising that we do find these spaces from time to time... it's just that whenever we think we've found them all, we come across another mysterious set of doors.
In these cases it's hard not to feel a little bit like Howard Carter... it helps that the room is usually unlit, requires climbing over all sorts of rubbish and debris and it's dustier than an Egyptians Pharaoh's tomb. Past "treasures" we've uncovered include a couple of 486 Compaq computers and various 5 1/4" drives in working order (okay, I use the term "treasures" rather lightly!) but being an avid collector of old technology, I actually find these little expeditions to be fairly interesting.
Recently (as pictured) we came across a room with an entire box filled with Windows 95 upgrades and a "new" box of 5 1/4 floppies still sealed. We also found all sorts of floppies with Windows 3.1 and something called "Internet in a box"! The area had not apparently been entered by a human soul in quite some time.
How my place of work is not like the Valley of the Kings... we haven't come across any mummified remains... yet!
Our company has used the building since the 1970's, so it's not surprising that we do find these spaces from time to time... it's just that whenever we think we've found them all, we come across another mysterious set of doors.
In these cases it's hard not to feel a little bit like Howard Carter... it helps that the room is usually unlit, requires climbing over all sorts of rubbish and debris and it's dustier than an Egyptians Pharaoh's tomb. Past "treasures" we've uncovered include a couple of 486 Compaq computers and various 5 1/4" drives in working order (okay, I use the term "treasures" rather lightly!) but being an avid collector of old technology, I actually find these little expeditions to be fairly interesting.
Recently (as pictured) we came across a room with an entire box filled with Windows 95 upgrades and a "new" box of 5 1/4 floppies still sealed. We also found all sorts of floppies with Windows 3.1 and something called "Internet in a box"! The area had not apparently been entered by a human soul in quite some time.
How my place of work is not like the Valley of the Kings... we haven't come across any mummified remains... yet!
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