From: mikes@is.invalid   
      
   On 05/12/2025 00:24, jason_warren wrote:   
   > In the mid sixties, NCAR in Boulder installed a 360/65   
   > system. NCAR had been 100% Cray, so this was considered a   
   > Big Deal.  The trouble was, the machine kept failing with   
   > random machine checks (parity errors and the like).   
   > Someone suggested that the cause might be cosmic rays, so   
   > IBM installed a mod 65 on top of a mountain near Boulder.   
   > It failed all the time until shielding was added on top of   
   > the machine which was normally open to allow cooling air   
   > to flow. The machine stopped failing, and shielding was   
   > added to the design.   
   >   
   >   
   1. Micro electronics have come a long way since the mid sixties.   
   2. I doubt you live on top of a mountain.   
   3. Have you considered that if you are correct about the effect of a   
   solar burst on your SCSI adapter there would have been widespread   
   reports about similarly affected devices in sensitive applications?   
      
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