Re: Power outages (was: Re: BESM-6...

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From: nra... Daniel Briggs
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 1990 20:48

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In article <35...@cc.usu.edu> SL...@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) writes:
>Actually, the best machine I ever used for handling power outages was a
>PDP-8/e loaded with core. When the power flickered, the lights would blink
>and the machine would just keep on going where it left off.

We used to have a PDP-8/e loaded with core, too.  Should have made
power outages livable, right?  The only problem was the boot module,
which deliberately set every bit to '1' on powerup....
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From: nra...@nmt.edu (Daniel Briggs)
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Subject: Re: Power outages (was: Re: BESM-6...
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Date: 23 Sep 90 20:48:52 GMT
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