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From: moroney@jon.DEC (Mike Moroney)
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Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 09:57:25 EST
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>I also remember sending a print file that contained about 1000 logical
>end-of-records (and nothing else) to a remote line printer.  It took about 5 
>minutes for it to transmit and print nothing.

That reminds me, I did the exact same thing to remote printers when I was in
college, with the same results.  The funny thing was, if you sent enough end-
of-records, the remote minicomputer controlling the printer (and card reader)
would report that the main computer was down!  It was fun to tease the
operators, start a large listing, then the printer would mysteriously stop, the
terminal would report main computer down, then it would pick up exactly where
it left off, as if nothing happened (nothing did!).  I found out when they
increased the baud rate of the lines to the remote sites the time it took to
print nothing was baud rate dependant. (!) 

-Mike Moroney

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