From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31885 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2020 02:03:45 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Aug 2020 02:03:45 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C65889DF4A; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:03:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA85E9B5EC; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:03:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 76F639B5F4; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:03:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta07p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta07p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.71]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF02D9B5EC for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:02:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep07p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200815020254.WEYG29751.viclafep07p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:02:54 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrleekgdehhecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5F020FEA06BEEAB7 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:02:53 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 07F22qe9014147 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:02:52 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 07F22qBd014144 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:02:52 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:02:51 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <4F69D0BB-C6C8-443C-A5A2-0F0C1E5578B0@cfcl.com> Message-ID: References: <202008141739.07EHdn2U1381389@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <4F69D0BB-C6C8-443C-A5A2-0F0C1E5578B0@cfcl.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, 14 Aug 2020, Rich wrote: > On a vaguely related note, I found it amusing that there was a well > known hack for Cray's (or perhaps 6600's) which were misbehaving: put a > Tektronix scope probe on a test point that generally had one there > during final system checkout. The load (extremely mnimal by design) was > just enough to stabilize the system. There was also the story about the major difference between a Cyber 72 and a Cyber 73 was just a timing capacitor... Very expensive capacitor :-) -- Dave