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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:07:44 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards)
Message-ID:  <199601312207.PAA10957@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601311739.LAA07197@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Jan 31, 96 11:39:58 am

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> However, once AOS (IBM's 4.3BSD UNIX) was up and running,
> something cute happened:  UNIX started putting out the current load average
> on the POST display.  This tended to give a really warm fuzzy about what was
> happening (or not happening) on the box, and when you have a machine room
> with a dozen systems racked and stacked it would be nice to have it.

The LCD display on Dell boxes was programmed by the 386BSD 0.1 boot to
say something like "GO!!!".  I can't rememebr for sure.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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