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From: dc@gcm (Dave Caswell)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: computer follies
Message-ID: <612@white.gcm>
Date: 9 Oct 88 16:09:55 GMT
References: <916@viscous> <1086@bucket.UUCP> <23134@amdcad.AMD.COM> <4041@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: dc@white.UUCP (Dave Caswell)
Organization: Greenwich Capital Markets, Greenwich, CT
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In article <4041@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:

  BASIC also did this.  I was once running a several hour long BASIC program
  when the power failed.  Sure enough, when power was restored, the program
  continued to successful completion.  
  
  I'd sure like to see systems do that these days!  (Especially a *NIX system!).

Try a Spectrum.

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Dave Caswell
Greenwich Capital Markets                             uunet!philabs!gcm!dc