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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: Turning off SCSI devices and Rel 2.1
- Message-ID: <Bs18ry.Grw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Jul22.114709.9162@investor.pgh.pa.us> <4455@rosie.NeXT.COM> <1992Jul27.025718.22038@umbc3.umbc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:33:20 GMT
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- brian@umbc4.umbc.edu (Brian Cuthie) writes:
-
- >This is good advice if for no other reason than you may choose to power
- >up a device at the same time then NeXT decides to swap or something and
- >who knows how well behaved a device going through power up is.
-
- >Nothing personal, Alan, but is this the kind of answer I can expect from
- >NeXT tech support at $225/Question ?
-
- First of all, this was what I would consider a good answer. You
- said so above yourself, "This is good advice." If anything, they
- should 'err' on the side of safety. Suggesting that all SCSI
- devices be powered up and properly terminated is a safe way of doing
- things, IMO.
-
- Second, how much did this cost you? I'm not saying that it should
- have, I'm simply pointing out that the new pricing scheme is already
- in place, and yet we still have a few NeXT people posting to the
- net, helping out for free there. Don't flame NeXT mercliessly when
- they're the least of the evils of workstation support.
-
- Ever call Sun tech support? Every looked at how much AnswerLine
- support costs? Ever deal with their DAMN tech people on the other
- end? I had one lady who was actually what I could call mean to me.
- I won't go into it here (this isn't alt.bash.sun, although I feel
- that such a group should be created).
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