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Last week, I commented to the network at large that we'd had some
trouble with one of the first DQC connectors that we installed, and
asked what experience others had had.

This morning, I got a call from a Bill Lane, the person at Apollo who
was responsible for developing the DQC connector.  He says they have
about 12,000 in the field -- some customers have hundreds in their
networks -- with no reported problems.  They have developed an
automatic tester, and some parts have gone over 50,000
connection/disconnections without an electrical failure.

Mr. Lane is quite interested in tracking down any problems that might
show up.  They have imposed stringent quality control on their
manufacturer, and he wondered if I knew whether the problem connector
was broken ``out of the box.'' In fact, it was out on a bench
disassembled for a couple days and could have been mishandled.

Altogether, I am reassured that I won't have serious reliability
problems with them.  I am also impressed (not for the first time) with
the response of people in the Apollo organization to requests for help
or information.  The network is a wonderful thing.

	Dennis Cottel  Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA  92152
	(619) 225-2406     dennis@nosc.ARPA      sdcsvax!noscvax!dennis