Vickie Timms --> Atkins Library> UNC Charlotte asked: >> When I first started working with the hp3000's, I was told to never power >> off the console. 'They' said if the messages could not display on the >> screen, they would fill up the buffer and eventually bring the system down. >> Being the good girl that I am...I never tested to see if this was correct. >> #1 Is this correct information >> #2 does it still apply? And John Beckett <[log in to unmask]> replied: >Executive summary: Yes to #1, No to #2. > >This was the case with classic and baroque HP 3000's, if the console was >configured for termtype 10. The HP 3000 would send out messages, they >wouldn't get out because nobody was giving control-F's to tell the CPU >that the terminal was ready for more. > >I doubt that it still applies, but it could easily depend on your >configuration. For all I know, HP may have learned how to use that >infamous DTR line. Or some of their new terminals may, when being >powered off, send a control-S so they wouldn't lose anything while off. :-) <snip> I've found that if the console on my 957 is disconnected/shut off long enough then it takes a real looonnnng time for user's logons to complete. -- Evan