24 Mar
2010
24 Mar
'10
5:21 p.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:36 AM
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Subject: Re: Leaving computers on... (was Re: Disc analyser news
update)
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:14:13 -0500
From: John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com>
Subject: Re: Leaving computers on... (was Re: Disc analyser news
update)
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At 07:06 PM 3/23/2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
In my experience, on/off cycles kills equipment
much faster than
long "on" times.
Is that biased by the experience of failures that appear when
equipment is powered-on?
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