On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Rik van Mierlo wrote:

: options         BLINK           # blink the led on supported machines
: 
: ok, it does indeed blink, but what is the purpose? Accept for the fact that
: now I can't tell by looking at the led whether the machine is down or not.

It blinks based on the system's 1-minute load average:

0.00->1.00: 1 second between blinks
1.00->2.00: 2 seconds between blinks

Etc.

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)