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From: root@pesnta.UUCP (5)
Newsgroups: net.news.config
Subject: pesnta is up and running
Message-ID: <2828@pesnta.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Sep-85 17:23:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: pesnta.2828
Posted: Sat Sep  7 17:23:01 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Sep-85 12:20:16 EDT
Reply-To: root@pesnta.UUCP (Mr. Root-a-toot-toot)
Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG/CSD, Santa Clara, Ca.
Lines: 19

Over the last couple of weeks pesnta has been feeling ill and wanted  to
take  a  nap, I said "no", it said "yes" and won.  The system is running
ok now and should remain in good shape for a while.

We had a water sprinkler let loose in the elevator room  and  the  water
mixed  in  with the elevator oil and made a slimey mess out of the first
floor and, of course, the Computer  rooms.  Some  Ethernet  transceivers
and  modems  under the floor bit the dust and other cables had water/oil
enter the connectors and snarl up some ports.  Sure has been fun!  Also,
seems  that  running  long  flat  modular-style  telephone  cables under
Computer room false floors has greater  impact  on  modem  dropouts  and
noises  than  I  first  thought.  I replaced the flat cable with twisted
pairs and that seems to reduce a lot of my modem problems.

We just installed Interlan NTS-10 Network Terminal Servers and that has been
a big help on getting rid of lots of bad cables and connections.  

-earlw
Earl Wallace