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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Blips under viewscreens
Message-ID: <522@decuac.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-May-85 13:15:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: decuac.522
Posted: Thu May 23 13:15:15 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 24-May-85 22:21:18 EDT
References: <286@petfe.UUCP>
Organization: ULTRIX Applications Center, MD
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Summary: Load on system

In article <286@petfe.UUCP>, evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) writes:
> OK, here's a new question for Trekkers...what is the significance of the
> blips that walk/run/hop/skip/jump/meander/mosey underneath the picture on
> the Enterprise viewscreen? 

It is the "idle pattern."  It shows the load average.  Didn't you
ever use an old PDP-11/70 with the row of "running lights?" :-)
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Fred Avolio      {decvax,seismo}!decuac!avolio      301/731-4100 x4227