wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (05/27/90)
In the early 60's a friend got transferred to N.J to help in ESS development work. I remember him mentioning one, ahem, minor problem that kept recurring. Seems the switch would be all up and happy, but when REALLY busy, for some reason it would 'forget' about some calls already in progress. They were still talking, but when the switch went to use the ?connector/level or whateever they called it? and found it "occupied" it got upset. The only way to pacify it was to let it restart. In other words, knock down EVERY call in the switch and start at zero. Glad they fixed THAT one before installation. Can you imagine the mess of rebooting the biggest tandem switch in NYC or Chicago at ten AM? On a regular basis? A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335