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From: mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at (Michael K. Gschwind)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Apollo problem list / tirade (U/Toronto) (LONG)
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Date: 22 Feb 91 08:29:47 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.160623.7881@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
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Organization: Vienna University of Technology
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In article <1991Feb21.160623.7881@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> system@aurum.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) writes:
>Quite frankly, this list is appalling, as is the fact that many of the
>high priority problems have existed for more than 2 years with no sign
>of resolution. We don't have many nodes (5 total) but this list has
>ensured there will be no more HP/Apollo systems in our department, and
>our problems are well known in both our University (the largest in
>Canada) and in the Chemistry community.

Same here in Vienna. WE submit an APR, and the standard answer is
either 'working within specification' or 'this is a feature, not a bug'.
Boy, this list sounds familiar. Could have come from me. We've
experienced the very same s**t. Quite frankly, we've had enough, and we
ordered Solbourne compurters (Sun clones, 64 bit SPARC CPUs, *real* nice
- why would anyone buy Apollos any longer? ).

>N73) lpd writes messages about "/dev/wn0a: No such file or directory"  on
>the system console for many print jobs.
>[Apollo response: claim this  comes  from  our  Imagen  filters;  I  have
>checked all our source code, and there is no such string] APR # 5b54299c,
>SRN J600607283.

This DOES NOT come from your Imagen  filters - we use the
Apollo-supplied Postscript filters and get the very same .... (your
favorite 4 letter word).

			buy
				Suns



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