24 Mar
2010
24 Mar
'10
4:50 p.m.
On 24/03/2010 21:21, Ian King wrote:
I've left my 8E running little display programs for weeks on end during
the winter, and have done the same with various -11s from time to time.
I've only once had a problem, when a nearby lightning strike caused a
surge that killed the mains input filter on a PDP-11/34; no real harm
done apart from that, and reasonably easy to fix.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Is there
anybody here who keeps classic big(-ish) iron running 24x7?
I've been told a story of a burning PDP-11/34 which has somewhat put
me off any notion of leaving my -8s turned on when I'm not within
reach of a killswitch & fire extinguisher. :)
PDP-10 model 2065, 24x7
VAX-11/780-5, 24x7
I've often left the PDP-8/e up over the weekend, running diagnostics. -- Ian