4 May
2021
4 May
'21
5:12 p.m.
One additional benefit was that an MG enables one to "coast" a bit
through transient power glitches. That is, you'd see the lights
flicker, but the machine stays up.
Power failures in the bad old days could be very expensive. Old
computers did not like being stopped suddenly and then restarted. On
the CDC mainframes, you could be down for much of a shift.
--Chuck