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bostrov@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Vareck Bostrom) writes:

>I keep wondering about this. My NeXTCube has never crashed though
>it's run out of disk space on "/" (Same partition as the swap space)
>many times. Some times I have several large Improv worksheets, Mathematica,
>ImageViewer and several other things running ... vm_stat reports 
>something like 20 pages free (i.e. out of real memory) and the disk is
>full..df reports 101% use on /, but the machine does not crash. I keep
>worrying about it because everyone has told me it would crash, but it never
>does. I've got 24MB in my cube..

The answer is: 101% is not a full disk if you built it in the normal
way.  Somewhere between 105% and 110% is actually FULL usually.  df
will report the proper number of kb free.  Note that non-root users
cannot write to disks that are more than 100% full, but the swapper
can continue to write until the disk is truly full.  You continue by
writing into the slack space set aside by the fast file system.

>'I have tried IComm but it kinda takes over the machine, and I hate that.
>I know there are comm programs that cost money out there but ...sigh.
>I like going down to the local "HardWare Shop" , pointing at a 
>Supra 14.4 modem and having a NeXT flow control cable and _NeXT_ 
>communication software included. This MAC software that came with the
>modem doesn't work well with NeXTs (or at all, in fact) .

>I'm one of those people who hates mail order and must HAVE IT TODAY, and
>NeXT software is simply not that available yet. Oh Well. 

MicroPhone II should do what you want, although it does cost money.
Also, regarding the modem, cable, and software: NeXTConnection
stocks them and while they can't get it to you TODAY, they can get
it to you tomorrow. :-)
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