16 Nov
2005
16 Nov
'05
3:33 p.m.
Likely not. If there was it would be a really bad
scene. I bet any
shutdown for more than minutes would have been viewed quite severely.
I only remember an IBM 3081 that had a very bad meltdown due to a hose
break or something, and the system could not shot down fast
enough. Generally, a loss in pressure would throw the machine into a check
state and do a really fast shutdown.
Remins me of the mainframe mini joke I'd heard
years ago. Minis have power
switches, mainframes have BIG RED BUTTONS (emergency power off).
BIG RED PULLS, actually...
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org