Ethan,
On Thursday 18 March 2004 03:16, Ethan Dicks wrote:
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> These things are lots of fun, especially when you are trying to debug
> protocol bugs on sync modem lines. At Software Results, we programmed
> one to emulate an IBM Mainframe and I/O controller (SNA PU Type 5?)
> to test signon bugs. The real problem was having to send RR (Receiver
> Ready) packets. There was enough RAM in the HP to get as far as the
> SNA BIND, then it just looped.
Having worked with SNA, I can appreciate that even getting to a SNA BIND was a
pretty big deal ;-)
> Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 19-Mar-2004 00:09 Z
> South Pole Station
> PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -73.8 F (-58.8 C) Windchill -102.1 F
> (-74.5C)
> APO AP 96598 Wind 6.9 kts Grid 135 Barometer 680.5 mb (10607.
> ft)
Gosh, its pretty darn cold at the South Pole today. I was in Labrador for a
year and the worst it got was about -55F - although we had one day at -45F
and winds of 115 mph - and I thought that was bad....
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Received on Thu Mar 18 2004 - 09:19:56 GMT