OT(?): Emulation XKCD

[Zane Healy]

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Charles Anthony <charles.unix.pro at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM Zane Healy <healyzh at avanthar.com <mailto:healyzh at avanthar.com>> wrote:
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> I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems intermittent.  I will say, that backing up my directory of files, and restoring it to the new system was a lot easier than fighting with the tape drives we had on the DPS-8 Mainframes I worked with nearly 30 years ago (we ran GCOS-8).
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> I don't recognize that error. I will check on it.

Thanks, that’s a frustrating one, I originally thought it was due to having waited until the disks filled up to start trying to run the crank.  Let me know if any further info might help.

> I’m getting the following message on the console.  This wasn’t initially a problem, but now is.
> 1452.8  Utility.SysDaemon.z:  monitor_quota: Storage in >system_control_1>syserr_log is 26212% full.
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> The crank does the daily and weekly accounting; the monthly accounting needs to be done by hand. (It includes purging the log files). Instructions can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cZsdr67LtE8YeWACdYWum8HIPMcHWdmUffxvK7g-xbs/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cZsdr67LtE8YeWACdYWum8HIPMcHWdmUffxvK7g-xbs/edit?usp=sharing>
Looks like i had a corrupt quota system, that doc did the trick!

> There is a dps8m/Multics mailing list at https://sourceforge.net/p/dps8m/mailman/ <https://sourceforge.net/p/dps8m/mailman/>
I just signed up for users and general.   That seems like a better place to ask the next question, which is a programming on Multics question.  Though it will be a while before I’m ready.  Especially since I appear to have accidentally deleted the source code I was working on from my original system, prior to backing it up.  Mainframes really should have nightly backups. :-)  

Zane