henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (03/21/85)
We are now running a slightly-new /unix, identical to the old one
except that it will complain on the console if the programmable clock
tries to interrupt. The programmable clock is installed; the
paper-tape reader interface is temporarily out, a matter of physical
expediency in testing the programmable clock.
It looks very much like the reason for yesterday's test /unix falling
over was some of the DH-driver mods. Dunno why, they looked pretty
innocuous. But a /unix differing from the new production /unix only
in those mods falls over almost immediately after coming up. The
symptoms of the crash vary, but not the fact of it. Things get fouled
up badly enough that the kernel-dump routine seems to get smashed, in
fact; the dump terminates early. Stay tuned...
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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