Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

Tue Oct 23 12:45:19 CDT 2018

On 10/23/18 9:32 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:

> I have a RPi dedicated to a SIMH VAX-11/750 running BSD that I
> intended to leave up and rack up some impressive uptime. Then I was
> reminded by the local electricity provider that this isn’t the right
> place to try that. We get clear day, calm weather power outages
> here.
If it doesn't crash, you're not running a sufficiently varied and
demanding workload.

c.f.Jim Gray's 1985 paper here:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-85.7.pdf

--Chuck