X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f Message-ID: <3C729727.D3DAA9E8@yahoo.com> From: CBFalconer Organization: Ched Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: OT: Operating system uptime [was Re: WinXP and DJGPP....] References: <3c727ed2 DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:53:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.90.170.65 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT worldnet DOT att DOT net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1014144835 12.90.170.65 (Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:53:55 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:53:55 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Charles Sandmann wrote: > > > > If we are starting a stability contest, then here's another data point: > > > my Windows 98SE system reports an uptime of 41:21:05:49 (yes, that's > > Must control reply on off topic thread ... arggg ... too late ... > > > Some Linux and BSD users have boasted uptimes on the order of a year. > > Documented - a VAX/VMS system stayed up for 14 YEARS without reboot. > Call me when you go over 10 years. I had an 8080 based system running a mixture of Pascal and assembly code that ran for about 3 years. It was brought down by a power failure. Rebooting (which was made automatic on power on, but not extensively tested) brought it to life again. Maybe running yet for all I know. I haven't seen it for 15 years. If you were ever in Yale-New Haven Hospital your test data probably passed through it, guarded by CRC packet check-sums and full range-checking. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com) (cbfalconer AT XXXXworldnet DOT att DOT net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. (Remove "XXXX" from reply address. yahoo works unmodified) mailto:uce AT ftc DOT gov (for spambots to harvest)