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Article #7573Digital Maintenance
From: Owen G. Anthony
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 21:42
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 21:42
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mithomas@bsu-cs writes:
#Path: shlump.nac.dec.com!decuac!haven!aplcen!ginosko!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!iuva
#From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
#Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
#Subject: Sorry for delays...
#Message-ID: <10208@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
#Date: 11 Oct 89 22:37:10 GMT
#Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
#Lines: 19
#
#For those of you who have sent me messages/requests in the last week or so,
#I apologize for not replying. It seems as though our Unix system has
#developed an illness that causes it to "faint" quite often. The doctors
#from DEC are coming to take a look at it.
#
#
#It seems that there is another side effect -- incurable "hiccups." This
#machine sends so many Control-S's to my Mac that everything locks up
#(actually, just beeps until I get sick of it and kill the connection).
#
#So, hopefully DEC will bring the right vaccine and we will be back in
#business this weekend. (But don't count on it.)
#
#-Michael
#
#p.s. This system has got to be the biggest piece of junk...
#--
#Michael Niehaus UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas
#Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu
#Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com
I would like to take a moment to correct a few of the misconceptions caused
by this posting:
1. The problems experienced on the Computer Science Department's Unix
VAX-11/785 were NOT the fault of Digital Equipment Corporation or
any of Digital Equipment Corporation's representitives. I feel that
DEC has received much undeserved critsism here.
2. The main problems with the system were due to a change over in
system administrators and software. These problems are now mostly
solved.
3. We have always obtained excellent hardware service from Digital.
4. The statements made by Mr. Niehaus do not represent those of Ball
State University or those who work with Digital on a day to day
basis.
Owen G. Anthony anthony@bsu-cs.uucp
VAX Systems Programmer SYSTEM@BSUVAX1.BITNET
Ball State University 00OGANTHONY,@BSUVAX1.BITNET
Muncie, IN 47306
(317) 285-1392
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!iuvax!bsu-cs!anthony From: anthony@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Owen G. Anthony) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Digital Maintenance Message-ID: <10273@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 10 Nov 89 21:42:42 GMT Reply-To: anthony@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Owen G. Anthony) Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 56