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From: rsk@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rich Kulawiec)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DS3100 Hangs - Any Ideas Why?
Summary: Another hanging syndrome involving the serial port
Message-ID: <17111@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 18 Feb 90 15:46:27 GMT
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In article <8331@bunny.GTE.COM> dcr0@GTE.COM (David Robbins) writes:
> 
> My DECStation 3100 has the annoying habit of occasionally becoming
> thoroughly hung...

Here's a similar problem I've been seeing; this one is semi-repeatable.

Hook up any old terminal to the serial port on the DS3100; configure it
in, log in on it, and run something that generates a decent amount of
output, e.g. "yes abcdefg".  Now go back to the DS3100 console, log in,
fire up a few windows and start clicking the mouse, bouncing between
windows, etc.  Very shortly, the machine should hang solidly.  I'd be
curious to know if anyone else has seen this one.

-- 
Rich Kulawiec, rsk@cs.colostate.edu, handel!rsk