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Desperately sought just an extra 4K of RAM to see if a LISP expert system would get through a diagnosis on a Huge Aircrash Firefinder maintenance guide - had a
by MarkMMullin 9y ago
Desperately sought just an extra 4K of RAM to see if a LISP expert system would get through a diagnosis on a Huge Aircrash Firefinder maintenance guide - had a kernel license, dug around and found a magic flag for a 4K block - tested it, seemed OK, put it out in the field, and the first time it ran, it grabbed that extra 4K and was instantly rewarded with a "Panic: out of swap space" and the whole damn thing dropped dead :-(
- kazinator 9y ago> Huge Aircrash Is that a jab at Hughes Aircraft? :) Looks like "Firefinder" is some kind of radar system developed by them.
- MarkMMullin 9y agoFriendly jab - it was old when I started my career in the '80s :-) And yeah, firefinder is a radar