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Re: Modern blinkenlights:

From	Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Modern blinkenlights:
Date	2026-08-20 09:30 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<1167a39$3l49u$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 8/20/26 07:53, John Ames wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:12:09 +0800
> Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> My /white tower/ of blinkenlights has the fan blinking, and the two
>> RAM sticks.  The /graphical prognostication unit/ also blinks an
>> arrow and a Gigabyte.
>>
>> It's a veritable /industrial computer/!
> 
> AFAIK those lights don't *tell* you anything, though, other than that
> the power's on. I know the BeBox blinkenlights would indicate CPU load
> in either of the dual processors, but I don't think anyone has done an
> equivalent for modern motherboards and their surfeit of LED pulsers...?
> 

Even in the elder days their use was fading. Sometimes a light pattern 
might indicate a loop. I can recall an IBMer debugging on a 360/30 using 
console switches and lights, but they were gone by the System/370.

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