> - - Don't shut any of the computers down. If one crashes, its no big deal
> but if you want to stay synchronized, stop logging QSOs until the offender
> is brought back up.
A tip if a computer has gone off line... I make a few "loop-back" plugs
from DB9/DB25's (the loop-back shorts TXD and RXD - pins 2 & 3? I dont have
my manual in front of me to be sure). If a computer crashes, or you want to
take a computer off line, just plug the loop-back onto the Y-connector
feeding each computer. The loop-back completes the network, so there is
minimal loss of data among the computers that are left on-line.
When you want to bring that computer back on line (taking the loop-back off
and plugging it into the new computer) you only lose another QSO or two.
Kenny K2KW
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