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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Subject: Re: What is a silo?
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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In article <15092@hacgate.UUCP> tony@hacgate.UUCP (Tony Reeves) writes:
>A question to sun OS users.  What is a silo error?

A silo is a grain storage building, or a serial port FIFO.  Like the
grain storage building, the serial FIFO has a limited capacity.  If you
try to add more grain when the silo is full, it just spills off the
sides.  If you try to put more characters into the serial FIFO when it
is full, they spill into the bit bucket.

Hence, `zs%d: silo error' means:

DIAGNOSTICS
     zsnc: silo overflow.
          The 8530 character  input  silo  overflowed  before  it
          could be serviced.

just as it says in your manual page.
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