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From: anthony@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Owen G. Anthony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Digital Maintenance
Message-ID: <10273@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 21:42:42 GMT
Reply-To: anthony@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Owen G. Anthony)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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mithomas@bsu-cs writes:
#Path: shlump.nac.dec.com!decuac!haven!aplcen!ginosko!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!iuva
#From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus)                         
#Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac                                                       
#Subject: Sorry for delays...                                                   
#Message-ID: <10208@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>                                             
#Date: 11 Oct 89 22:37:10 GMT                                                   
#Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana                              
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#For those of you who have sent me messages/requests in the last week or so,    
#I apologize for not replying.  It seems as though our Unix system has          
#developed an illness that causes it to "faint" quite often.  The doctors       
#from DEC are coming to take a look at it.                                      
#
#                                                                               
#It seems that there is another side effect -- incurable "hiccups."  This       
#machine sends so many Control-S's to my Mac that everything locks up           
#(actually, just beeps until I get sick of it and kill the connection).         
#                                                                               
#So, hopefully DEC will bring the right vaccine and we will be back in          
#business this weekend.  (But don't count on it.)                               
#                                                                               
#-Michael                                                                       
#                                                                               
#p.s.  This system has got to be the biggest piece of junk...                   
#--                                                                             
#Michael Niehaus        UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas        
#Apple Student Rep      ARPA:  mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu                          
#Ball State University  AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com


I would like to take a moment to correct a few of the misconceptions caused 
by this posting:

   1.   The problems experienced on the Computer Science Department's Unix
        VAX-11/785 were NOT the fault of Digital Equipment Corporation or
        any of Digital Equipment Corporation's representitives.  I feel that
        DEC has received much undeserved critsism here.

   2.	The main problems with the system were due to a change over in
        system administrators and software.  These problems are now mostly
        solved.

   3.   We have always obtained excellent hardware service from Digital.

   4.   The statements made by Mr. Niehaus do not represent those of Ball
        State University or those who work with Digital on a day to day
        basis.


Owen G. Anthony                                   anthony@bsu-cs.uucp
VAX Systems Programmer                            SYSTEM@BSUVAX1.BITNET
Ball State University                             00OGANTHONY,@BSUVAX1.BITNET
Muncie, IN   47306
(317) 285-1392