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Article #3273Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Frank Nichols
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:00
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 08:00
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--Cyberdog-AltBoundary-00001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ..in the still of the night, for our enlightenment and entertainment -= mailto:risner@heathers.stdio.com scribed upon his computer - >I don't know what kind of unix you guys are using, but I use SunOS 4.1= 4 >and FreeBSD 2.1 and I have never had a crash that was not cause by fai= ling >memory simms and motherboards in the last 2 years. > Well, my recent exposure to UNIX is a client of mine with "many" UNIX b= oxes running as Sybase servers (primarily). And while they dont crash o= ften - they have crashed, just not often - they have an affectionate te= rm called "bouncing the box" which is done frequently. In fact they eve= n schedule these "bounces". The system going down is all the same to me= if my process is running at the time! BTW - these are HP's. Frank N __________________________________________________________ Do you believe in Macintosh? Learn how to help the Macintosh cause by subscribing to EvangeList, a listserver for Macintosh fans. To receive = instructions, send an email to "evangelist@macway.com". --Cyberdog-AltBoundary-00001 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00001" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00001 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=X-MAC-ROMAN Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <X-COLOR><PARAM>RED=3D0;GREEN=3D9830;BLUE=3D61603</PARAM><X-FONTNAME><P= ARAM>Geneva</PARAM>...in the still of the night, for our enlightenment = and entertainment - </X-FONTNAME></X-COLOR> --Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00001 Content-Type: application/X-url Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 bWFpbHRvOnJpc25lckBoZWF0aGVycy5zdGRpby5jb20= --Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00001 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=X-MAC-ROMAN Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <X-COLOR><PARAM>RED=3D0;GREEN=3D9830;BLUE=3D61603</PARAM><X-FONTNAME><P= ARAM>Geneva</PARAM> scribed upon his computer - </X-FONTNAME></X-COLOR><X-COLOR><PARAM>RED=3D0;GREEN=3D9830;BLUE=3D6160= 3</PARAM><X-FONTNAME><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM> >I don't know what kind of unix you guys are using, but I use SunOS 4.1= 4 >and FreeBSD 2.1 and I have never had a crash that was not cause by fai= ling >memory simms and motherboards in the last 2 years. </X-FONTNAME></X-COLOR><X-COLOR><PARAM>RED=3D0;GREEN=3D9830;BLUE=3D6160= 3</PARAM><X-FONTNAME><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM>> </X-FONTNAME></X-COLOR><X-FONTNAME><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM> Well, my recent exposure to UNIX is a client of mine with "many" UNIX b= oxes running as Sybase servers (primarily). And while they dont crash o= ften - they have crashed, just not often - they have an affectionate te= rm called "bouncing the box" which is done frequently. In fact they eve= n schedule these "bounces". The system going down is all the same to me= if my process is running at the time! BTW - these are HP's. </X-FONTNAME><SMALLER><X-FONTSIZE><PARAM>10</PARAM><X-FONTNAME><PARAM>G= eneva</PARAM>Frank N __________________________________________________________ </X-FONTNAME></X-FONTSIZE></SMALLER><X-FONTNAME><PARAM>Palatino</PARAM>= Do you believe in Macintosh? Learn how to help the Macintosh cause by subscribing to EvangeList, a listserver for Macintosh fans. To receive = instructions, send an email to "evangelist@macway.com". </X-FONTNAME> --Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00001-- --Cyberdog-AltBoundary-00001--
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From: "Frank Nichols" <fnichols@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 27 Feb 96 01:00:47 -0700
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