So what happens to the person sitting at one of those terminals when Hal fills up? --micah In article <1995Mar22.163353.42042@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Aaron Porter) writes: > Kent Covert ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > > : Actually, it's possible to get this message on any of the Gandalf classes, > : it's just more likely to happen on MIAVX1. This message occurs when all of > : the ports available to a class are being used up. For example, MIAVX1, > : which is a serial connection to the Alpha, has 7 lines. That's why it > : fills up so easily. The class MIAMIU has around 96 lines (I think). > > : Classes V1, Phoenix, and CASNext are a little different. Instead of being > : serial connections, these connections are made via a Telnet session. These > : classes share a total of 64 Telnet ports. Therefore, the message > : you received indicates that all telnet ports were being used (or there was > : another problem that I'm not aware of...does anyone in networking wish to > : comment?) > > Is there any way arround this? I'd kinda gotten used to waiting > 30-45 minutes to get a modem, but having to wait another 5-7 after I get > to hal to get to a service is really annoying. Don't the Hughes vt's and > a whole host of other services also go into hal? > > --- > [log in to unmask] > http://nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu/~atporter