1 INFO-VAX	Tue, 26 Dec 2000	Volume 2000 : Issue 720       Contents:= Re: Simply Marvelous (was Re: DS20 vs DS20E. Was: Sun Cluster = Re: Simply Marvelous (was Re: DS20 vs DS20E. Was: Sun Cluster   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 17:09:57 GMT  From: jgessling@yahoo.com F Subject: Re: Simply Marvelous (was Re: DS20 vs DS20E. Was: Sun Cluster) Message-ID: <927v14$s0f$1@nnrp1.deja.com>   ; In article <LSS06.25243$1t.839399@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net>, 7   "Terry C. Shannon" <terryshannon@mediaone.net> wrote:  > 2 > "Paul DeMone" <pdemone@igs.net> wrote in message# > news:3A43F3AC.CA804BA9@igs.net...  > >  > >  > > "John D. Peedle" wrote:  > > > > > > > And add a whole range of flashing lights - that *really*
 impresses the  > > > technically challenged > > E > > No you need a 1/2" reel to reel upright tape drive to do that :-)  > >  > E > Yeah, well, a TS-11 running the UETP program does, er, did a pretty  good jobE > with the lights. Trouble is, you need to go back to the days of the E > PDP/11-50 or one o' the IBM 360s to get a decent set of front panel  lites... > B  Gee, I did spend some time trying to get the lights on my storageF works drives to make nice patterns.  But it seems with the caching andF all it's hard to tell when a real disk access would be required, whichE would flash the green LED.  I had to give up on my dream of scrolling C messages and settle for the massive blinking during backups.  (yes, B this cabinet has a glass front, not the standard louvres that hide all the lights)    Jim      Sent via Deja.com  http://www.deja.com/   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 20:41:24 GMT % From: Uwe Zessin <zessin@my-deja.com> F Subject: Re: Simply Marvelous (was Re: DS20 vs DS20E. Was: Sun Cluster) Message-ID: <928bdk$43q$1@nnrp1.deja.com>   ) In article <927v14$s0f$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,   jgessling@yahoo.com wrote:  [...] D >  Gee, I did spend some time trying to get the lights on my storageH > works drives to make nice patterns.  But it seems with the caching andH > all it's hard to tell when a real disk access would be required, whichG > would flash the green LED.  I had to give up on my dream of scrolling E > messages and settle for the massive blinking during backups.  (yes, D > this cabinet has a glass front, not the standard louvres that hide > all the lights)   ; If you have a HSx controller and want a spectacular effect, % try the "HSx> LOCATE ALL" command ;-)   B I sometimes make a little bit fun during installation or training.$ Some people get _really_ nervous ;-)  ; I think it looks much better with the universal drives than 
 the old SBBs.    --
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