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| From | John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) |
| Date | 2026-08-20 07:53 -0700 |
| Organization | A place where nothing fits quite right |
| Message-ID | <20260820075327.0000772e@gmail.com> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <113f851$3chk9$2@dont-email.me> <113uu9m$753$1@reader1.panix.com> <ZY3dS.3712$X0O7.751@fx35.iad> <1154stu$odlu$2@dont-email.me> <%UwhS.1224210$yWz9.1192882@fx04.ams4> |
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...?
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Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-16 04:37 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ?90s Computer Seen In ?Jurassic Park? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-16 21:19 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ?90s Computer Seen In ?Jurassic Park? Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2026-07-17 06:54 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ?90s Computer Seen In ?Jurassic Park? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-18 06:27 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-18 06:57 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2026-07-24 05:47 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2026-08-06 14:00 -0400
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-06 18:22 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-06 23:55 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-07 00:53 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s =?UTF "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-afx-this> - 2026-08-07 08:51 -0700
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-07 19:16 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-07 21:44 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2026-08-12 09:03 +0200
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-07 11:17 -0400
Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-20 14:12 +0800
Re: Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-20 07:53 -0700
Re: Modern blinkenlights: Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-08-20 09:30 -0700
Re: Modern blinkenlights: Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 18:04 +0000
Re: Modern blinkenlights: scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-20 18:24 +0000
Re: Modern blinkenlights: Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-21 00:36 +0800
Re: Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-20 16:41 +0000
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