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From: rrw@cci632.uucp (Richard R. Wessman)
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Subject: Re: More 800, 900 Curiosities
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Date: 22 Feb 90 20:06:00 GMT
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In article <4144@accuvax.nwu.edu> Robert Gutierrez <gutierre@oblio.arc.
nasa.gov writes:

>What happens is that the switches have dedicated data lines to 2
>VAX's, one in West Orange, NJ and the other in Richardson, TX. The
>switch has a 'primary' VAX to poll, and if there is no response, then
>the other VAX is polled. What has happened in the past is that one VAX
>has crashed, and the other VAX has to take up slack, but the response
>time is so slow that the switch polling it just times out the call and
>routes it to that recording.

A minor point (if you don't work for CCI), the machines at the DAP's
in New Jersey and Texas are not VAXes. They are POWER 6/32 FT's, which
are fault-tolerant versions of POWER 6/32's.

For the lawyers: POWER 6/32 and POWER 6/32FT are registered trademarks
of Computer Consoles, Incorporated.

                          Rick Wessman
                           cci632!rrw