Sun SPARC in European Rafaele project???

[Leif Andrew Rump]

cel...@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK (Chris Elvin) writes:
>In article <35...@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> ed...@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Edwin Kremer) writes:
>> I just read that Mr. Serge Dassault (who's the chief defense
>> contractor in France, I think) has announced that they will
>> be using the Sun SPARC processor in the European ``Rafaele''
>> jet-fighter project.
> [stuff deleted]
>>By the way, if this is just *starting* with the SPARC, we'll soon have
>>this one too:
>> "Jet-fighter not responding, still trying." ;-)
> or how about
> NFS server pilot not responding, still trying

This brings us to X.25 error-messages when a ship doesn't respond: "Ship absent"
or even better "Ship sunk"!!! (or is this just folklore?)

Leif Andrew

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[Chris Elvin]

In article <35...@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> ed...@praxis.cs.ruu.nl (Edwin Kremer) writes:
> I just read that Mr. Serge Dassault (who's the chief defense
> contractor in France, I think) has announced that they will
> be using the Sun SPARC processor in the European ``Rafaele''
> jet-fighter project.
>
[stuff deleted]
>
>By the way, if this is just *starting* with the SPARC, we'll soon have
>this one too:
>
> "Jet-fighter not responding, still trying." ;-)
>
or how about
NFS server pilot not responding, still trying

BTW sounds a lot more fun than multiuser star-trek etc.

C.
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[Neil Readwin]

In article <1990Jul11....@resam.dk> and...@resam.dk (Leif Andrew Rump) writes:
>This brings us to X.25 error-messages when a ship doesn't respond: "Ship
>absent" or even better "Ship sunk"!!! (or is this just folklore?)

Absent is real. Sunk is folklore. My copy of the X-25 docs (section
5.2.3.1.1) has a table of encodings for the clearing cause field in
the clear indication packet. One of the entries (0x39) is 'Ship Absent' and
the footnote says 'Used in conjunction with mobile maritime service.'. Neil.
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