Aunc.1838 net.unix-wizards utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!unc!smb Thu Feb 11 10:06:04 1982 Re: Silo overflows The message is probably referring to a line hooked to another machine that's spitting out characters at a high rate; presumably, there's a retry protocol that's working right. Silo overflows here happen most often when some other device gets some sort of I/O error and feels this urge to dump bits all over our console -- and we've got some *awfully* strange devices on our UBAs. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.