OT(?): Emulation XKCD

[Charles Anthony]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM Zane Healy <healyzh at avanthar.com> wrote:

>
> 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).
>
>
I don't recognize that error. I will check on it.



> 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.
>
> 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

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-- Charles