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Morse code kernel panicsMorse code kernel panicsPosted Feb 6, 2003 19:28 UTC (Thu) by emkey (guest, #144)In reply to: Morse code kernel panics by egoforth Parent article: Morse code kernel panics Back in the days of the Sun 3's and older Sun had something called a "Cylon" on the back of many of their systems. Basically it was a series of seven or so small red LED's. When things were going well they would cycle much like the Cylon's helmits on the old BattleStar Galactica series. When the system was haevily loaded the cycling would slow down. When the system crashed different LED's would remain lit depending on what the problem was. Later on Sun switched to using the keyboard LED's in a similer way, but it was never anywhere near as cool or useful. Sun's "cylon" lights were just another method of doing what this patch does, and from that experience I'm pretty sure this patch would be a useful one to have incorporated.
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