18 Mar
2004
18 Mar
'04
1:19 a.m.
Ethan,
On Thursday 18 March 2004 03:16, Ethan Dicks wrote:
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These things are lots of fun, especially when you are
trying to debug
protocol bugs on sync modem lines. At Software Results, we programmed
one to emulate an IBM Mainframe and I/O controller (SNA PU Type 5?)
to test signon bugs. The real problem was having to send RR (Receiver
Ready) packets. There was enough RAM in the HP to get as far as the
SNA BIND, then it just looped.
Having worked with SNA, I can appreciate that even getting to a SNA BIND was a
pretty big deal ;-)
Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather
at 19-Mar-2004 00:09 Z
South Pole Station
PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -73.8 F (-58.8 C) Windchill -102.1 F
(-74.5C)
APO AP 96598 Wind 6.9 kts Grid 135 Barometer 680.5 mb (10607.
ft)
Gosh, its pretty darn cold at the South Pole today. I was in Labrador for a
year and the worst it got was about -55F - although we had one day at -45F
and winds of 115 mph - and I thought that was bad....
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"