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Re: MAE ATM


From: Sam Habash <the () llama com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:49:44 -0700


On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 06:39:17PM -0700, Mark Kent wrote:

I almost forgot about those netedge boxes, seems the one we had in DC 
was about as reliable as a microwave with tin foil in it.  I cant 
remember how many times it or a card had been replaced.

There was a general belief that MFS only had one spare on each coast.
When they swapped it in for a faulty box the one they pulled out
became the "new" spare :-)

I remember that certain hardware revs on the NetWedges would corrupt 
certain byte patters by swapping bits a certain way.

--Sam


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