stokes@udiego.UUCP (David M. Stokes) (12/30/87)
Our 8550 showed up today and our DEC field service person looked over
the 15 boxes for damage. He then asked if I knew if the 20mg (or
40mb) Pro-380 hard disk had already been loaded with the boot software.
"No, why?", I asked innocently.
"Because, if you have to load it -- it takes 3 hours of feeding the
380 floppies to boot the 8550."
"What happens if the 380's hard disk dies?"
"We keep a hot hard disk ready to go in the office just in case."
Now I'm paranoid of the hard disk in the 380 (if it;s as good as the
ones in the Rainbow, it's time to get worried) and the possibility
of another system blowing their 380 and using the hot disk just when
our hard disk goes South.
Does anyone have a feel for how their pro-380 works, lives, dies,
and does other socially redeaming things. I've also been told we could
make the pro a decnet node but I'm concerened about overhead for
the 8550.
--
David Stokes "USD where the future is tomorrow
Academic Computing Department and today is slightly behind schedule"
University of San Diego
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