Joe Geiser writes:
>
> I can't get this notification over to the Usenet side, but I did want to
> post it here (and it will eventually get over there, which will explain
> things to the Usenet users).
>
> The downstream system which we send and receive feeds is down.  I've been
> told that HP will be out on Monday to fix it.  Until the system becomes
> operational again - Newsfeeds will remain queued up here until it does come
> back up.
>
> When that happens, Usenet feeds in both directions will start up again.   If
> you know anyone who uses the newsfeed to get their HP3000-L traffic, you may
> want to forward this message to them.  Please do not send any questions
> regarding the feed to me, Jeff or the support address as this is all we know
> at this point.

My 9000/G30 that feeds Joe with Usenet crashed sometime around 0700-0900 PDT
on Saturday July 10th.  Its dead power supply was replaced at 1730 PDT on
July 12th, and as I type this at 1945 PDT, the machine is being firehosed
with 2.5 days of full-feed Usenet backlog.

The HP3000-L traffic backlog has already probably been gatewayed into Usenet,
and I'm guessing it may take about 2 days for the Usenet traffic backlog to
be gatewayed into HP3000-L.

I'm sure that HP apologizes for having a second 9000 power supply die on me
within a couple of months.  ;-)
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