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From: dente@els.ee.man.ac.uk (Colin Dente)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: What is exactely /dev/console?
Keywords: /dev/console,
Message-ID: <2093@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:11:01 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.193832.8060@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <1079@eba.eb.ele.tue.nl> <4f9a812d.1bc5b@pisa.ifs.umich.edu>
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In article <4f9a812d.1bc5b@pisa.ifs.umich.edu> rees@citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees) writes:
[...]
>here, good for lots of laughs, that writes to the real console and simulates
>a crash, complete with crash_status 220009 (look it up).

I just did... does anyone know what this code was supposed to mean, and why
the OS/Magtape manager? - If you've got a tape that won't fit through a
25" hatch, then I really don't want to hear about it!!

Bemusedly yours,

Colin


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