tim@dciem.UUCP (Tim Pointing) (12/24/87)
While DEC was in investigating a memory problem on "dciem", a nice little
puff of smoke came from a board in the computer. As it turns out, the board
that got hit was our DN11 (auto-dialer). According to the information that
I have, the 4-board set (yes, 4 boards to control up to 4 ACU's; the wonders
of 60's technology!), this cannot be replaced before sometime in January. As
a result, "dciem" cannot call any systems. This does not affect any of our
dial-in lines - these will be working as normal. As far as I know, all of our
UUCP links are (oops! were) bi-directional so nobody should get cut off; the
news and mail should still get through (neither sleet nor snow nor dead ACU
can stay these bytes from their appointed routes.)
--
Tim Pointing, DCIEM
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