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From: magorian@UMD5.UMD.EDU (Dan Magorian)
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Subject: Kinetics Fastpath hardware bug
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Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 19:36:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  8 19:36:42 1987
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I got a call from Kinetics today that they have found a misplaced capacator
that causes random Fastpath crashes on noisy Ethernet lines.  Apparently
Microsoft's 40+ boxes were crashing several times per day, and they demanded a 
fix. Ours have been locking up as well, but I had put it down to failure to
reboot on power dropouts (maybe twice per month).  So they will be sending
out a letter explaining the patch (a simple solder job, apparently) or people
can send them back for free (I was not to use the word "recall").  However,
getting the new PROMs is probably a good idea as well.  I will suggest that
the letter be posted to this mailing list as well.

Dan Magorian						(301) 454-6030
Computer Science Center					magorian@umd5.umd.edu
University of Maryland					magorian@umdd.bitnet
College Park, MD 20742					Applelink: A0190