Re: Aphorism (Was: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

2018-10-23 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 10/23/2018 05:09 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote: I had an Ultra Sparc machine that ran continuously for more than 5 years except for maybe 2 power outages and a couple time to vacuum it out. Oh, well, I had a homemade UVax-II system built out of grey market and 3rd party boards. I ran it for

Re: Aphorism (Was: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

2018-10-23 Thread dwight via cctalk
s. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Fred Cisin via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 11:01:42 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Aphorism (Was: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen) On Tue, 23 Oct 2018, Chuck

Aphorism (Was: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

2018-10-23 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: "If it doesn't crash, you're not running a sufficiently varied and demanding workload." Are rights available for wall plaques, T-shirts, and bumper stickers?

Re: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

2018-10-23 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 23, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/23/18 9:32 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > >> I have a RPi dedicated to a SIMH VAX-11/750 running BSD that I >> intended to leave up and rack up some impressive uptime. Then I was >> reminded by the local

Re: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

2018-10-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 10/23/18 9:32 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > I have a RPi dedicated to a SIMH VAX-11/750 running BSD that I > intended to leave up and rack up some impressive uptime. Then I was > reminded by the local electricity provider that this isn’t the right > place to try that. We get clear day,

Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

2018-10-23 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Oct 23, 2018, at 8:48 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/22/2018 08:33 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: You've discovered some computer that doesn't ever crash? >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2018, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: >>> Hmmm, well, my home desktop has been up 478 days, my web