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Re: VAXstation 3100/m76 stray interrupt



Johnny Billquist wrote:

> On 2016-08-21 15:11, Aaron Jackson wrote:
> >
> >> Why would only NetBSD be unstable, while VMS and OpenBSD works?
> >
> > There was one *very* hot day early last month where I had absolutely no
> > luck getting anything to run. OpenBSD, VMS or NetBSD. I thought it was
> > just coincidental that OpenBSD and VMS had started to work, but
> > Antonio's message seems much more plausible. OpenBSD and VMS have been
> > very stable recently, although OpenBSD did crash once a couple of days
> > ago.
> >
> > Perhaps NetBSD is unable to recover from correctable memory errors,
> > while OpenBSD and VMS can.
> 
> While I can certainly believe that VMS is much better at handling the 
> hardware, I would not expect OpenBSD to do so. But maybe there is 
> something they have done that we should pull in...?
> 
> Also, if you also had problems with OpenBSD and VMS on a hot day, then 
> it starts sounding much more plausible.
> 
> 	Johnny
> 

Should I try my M76 again?
That behavior seems to be exactly the same as I've reported here two
years ago..

Regards,

Holm
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