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Re: Problems with ssh/scp/sftp on a dual core Dell Latitude D820


On a rainy Friday, the 26th day of May, 2006, mwoehlke's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> One Angry User wrote:
> > On a rainy Friday, the 26th day of May, 2006, Christopher Faylor's computer
> > deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:
> >
> > > On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:43:26PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > > Disable the second core.  Cygwin seems to not work very well with SMP
> > > > systems.
> > > Also check the fan speed.  High RPMs cause vibration which has been
> > > known to derail bits from the CPU.  If you open your case and see a lot
> > > of "dust" that's probably extra lost bits caused by vibration.  Running
> > > your fan at the wrong speed can eventually completely deplete your CPU
> > > of bits, effectively turning it into a 16MHZ Z80.
> >
> > Ah, Z80...  Now, that brings back memories...
>
> Yup, from High School. I wonder where my Z80 went to (last I checked
> they were being labeled "TI-86" :-)).

Yeah, I learned to program on those machines...

> Of course, I also have a Z80 (TI-86) emulator on my PC that sees -
> marginally - more regular use.

Heck, I *wrote* one for a school project (a Z80 emulator, that is).

OAU


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