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From: npollack@polyslo.UUCP (Neal Pollack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Leaving AT on overnight (good/bad)
Message-ID: <415@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 00:06:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: polyslo.415
Posted: Wed Aug 19 00:06:52 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 15:06:58 EDT
References: <1246@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <768@custom.UUCP> <202@ttrdd.UUCP>
Reply-To: npollack@polyslo.UUCP (Neal Pollack)
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
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Keywords: 11,000 hours
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>In article <768@custom.UUCP>, boykin@custom.UUCP writes:
>
>As far as that old argument that the electronics don't like power cycling,
>how many terminals (as a model for pc's that's been around alot longer)
>has anyone come up against whose electronics have failed?  Usually, they
>just get so obsolete that nobody wants to use them anymore, or the
>keyboard becomes unusable.  I think I can say that I've never seen a
>terminal that didn't work.

Surely this person does not work around a large facility :-)

We have over 100 Terminals/Workstations/Macs/PCs in our facility.
DEC VT100 terminals fail more than anything. THE ELECTRONICS QUIT.
Specifically, the CRT driver board loves to smoke DURING SWITCH ON.
They NEVER quit while running, but when you switch them on, watch out.
TEKtronics graphics terminals flame out power supplies, XEROX 8000 Star
workstations burn CRTS, Disk drives, PC Boards, Power supplies.

In short, I see LARGE amounts of FREQUENT failures because of our huge
inventory of equipment.   The only terminals that seem to live forever
HERE (at our site ((disclaimer)) is the HP2622 and the ADM3a.

SO, please do not tell me that terminals never fail.  I will show you
thousands of dollars worth of repair bills.

FLAME OFF, settle down, drink gator-aid.

SUMMARY: The simple point is, equipment that we leave on continuously
has not failed.  The terminals and workstations that go on/off a lot
seem to quit regularly.

Take it for what its worth.



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