Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ukma!david From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Query about the quality of UNIX/PCs and 3b1's (really 3b1 unix) Message-ID: <7991@e.ms.uky.edu> Date: 6 Jan 88 20:40:36 GMT References: <9691@shemp.UCLA.EDU> <18017@clyde.ATT.COM> <997@bakerst.UUCP> <909@neoucom.UUCP> <912@neoucom.UUCP> Reply-To: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences Lines: 30 In article <912@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: >By the way, doing a motherboard swap to replace the clock battery >is reasonable, since the old motherboard will go back for bench >service and get a new battery. Since board is good, it'll go back >in the field the next time a battery fails somewhere else. At >least, you'll be receiving a thoroughly tested board :-). Since >the board has to come out to swap the battery, it might as well go >in for a bench going-over. What would have been smarter would be >to make the battery s plug-in type to save some work. There sure >are a lot of screws holding the motherboard in! I have to STRONGLY disagree. What about after the machine is off of warranty and they want many hundreds of dollars to replace the motherboard? And don't tell me to get a service contract 'cause that's something like $50 per month ... gag! As for your crashes ... I've experienced a few crashes of that sort and have the details written down at home. I haven't called the hotline over 'em yet. All of my crashes have happened while something happening on the modem was in the process of finishing up. (i.e. a uucico or ATE) -- <---- David Herron -- The E-Mail guy <---- or: {rutgers,uunet,cbosgd}!ukma!david, david@UKMA.BITNET <---- <---- Winter health warning: Remember, don't eat the yellow snow!