From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.yi.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18dqPd-0005j8-00 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:29:49 -0500 Received: from localhost (IDENT:1003@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.yi.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h0TBTlR0013982 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:29:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:29:47 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Snow X-X-Sender: alex_snow@h14me.yi.org To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: unbootable HD, the solution In-Reply-To: <20030128235814.GC6447@apollo.lrxms.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Of course I remember most of those pkgs... I've been running a bbs for over a year now. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Scott Howell wrote: > Ah, this reminds me of a very interesting problem I ran into. > Mind you this is from the days when most chips were socketed and > actually cost some money. Yes, this was an old 386-SX 25 I was running > my bbs and Fidonet mail service on. > I bet some of you remember Fidonet, BinkleyTerm, node lists, RBBS, > Maximus, Opus, and so on. Hell does anyone remember bonk and the node > list mungers? > In any case this old 386 was crankin' for its time, but it had one > incredibly odd problem. You could put a floppy in, read, copy from it, > and all that no problem. If you attempted to write to it the trouble > would start. Files on the disk would disappear or the disk would just > turn out trashed. Months went by with every possible diagnostic trick > done and never did find the problem. I ended up deciding it was the DMA > chip on the board, but never got a chance to replace it. Ended up > tossing the board or giving it away I can't remember, but upgraded to a > screamming 386-DX 33. > And to think I ran that bbs on an AST 286 with 130Mb hd and that was > considered one of the largest bbs systems in the area. Oh yes screamming > along at 9600 baud. > I've not heard a story yet that has surprised me about hardware > failures. I can remember when failures were common whereas now they are > rear. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >