[rescue] Sun 3/60

[Dave McGuire]

On August 16, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> i wish i woulda remembered to cut and paste the uptime from that 690MP we had
> at lucent when i worked there years ago.  1300+ days uptime.  build box on a
> secure network.  so patching was not needed.  suh-weet.

  Kick ass!

> i'd like to see a PC do that. :)  actually, come to think of it, i'd like to
> see just about ANY other machine do that.  not many can.  and we all love the
> ones that do. :)

  It's not unusual to see VMS machines with uptimes of 5-10 years.

> Forte's sparc optimization is pretty nice.  gcc seems to be alright for the
> pre-ultra stuff, but sucks goat on ultras.  need to get myself a license for
> Forte, but don't have a couple grand laying around.  grrrr.

  They have demo licenses available on their web server...

   -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD