[net.micro] hardware reliability

honton (08/19/82)

  In designing a microcomputer controller, the question
of fault tolerance came up.  Both hardware and software
faults have to be tolerated.

  What hardware usually dies? What are some common
detection and backup schemes?

  I'd appreciate any personal experiences concerning
micro-computer failures, in particular, error-prone areas.

  Please reply to ..decvax!cwruecmp!honton .

					thanks,
					   chas