smf@SAFFRON.LCS.MIT.EDU (Stuart Freedman) (01/18/90)
I called them yesterday, and was told that there were hardware troubles and that Sequent was supposedly on the way to fix things. My dialing and pinging attempts today make me suspect that it's taking a while. Stuart Freedman Internet: smf@saffron.lcs.mit.edu Interleaf, Inc. UUCP: uunet!leafusa!stuart 25 First Street Voice: +1(617)621-0800, ext. 1708 Cambridge, MA 02141 Touch-Tone: +1(617)621-0555,1-1708
wayne@dsndata.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) (01/19/90)
In article <9001181430.AA11602@saffron.LCS.MIT.EDU> smf@SAFFRON.LCS.MIT.EDU (Stuart Freedman) writes: > > I called them yesterday, and was told that there were hardware troubles > and that Sequent was supposedly on the way to fix things. My dialing > and pinging attempts today make me suspect that it's taking a while. > the death of the net as we know it is imminent! :-> -wayne
lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) (01/23/90)
>I called them yesterday, and was told that there were hardware troubles >and that Sequent was supposedly on the way to fix things. My dialing >and pinging attempts today make me suspect that it's taking a while. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what effect their return will have on the east coast regional nets? (I don't know the network topography out there, but this looks like a good chance to see how robust your gateway/router software is in the face of a heavy sustained load.) -- Lyndon Nerenberg VE6BBM / Computing Services / Athabasca University {alberta,decwrl}!atha!lyndon || lyndon@cs.AthabascaU.CA UREP: Peru in disguise?