John Schutkeker ) wrote:
: (Kaido Kert) wrote in
: om:

: In any case, i woulda thought that it would have given a low memory or
: low disk warning beforehand ...

: ...which does have to be trapped, and their trap may have also involved a
: reboot. If I were writing it, I'd have the trap routine call home for
: instructions and then do a busy wait while looking for the return call.

Busy wait or request for interrupt? The latter would allow the processor
to actually sleep rather than have to fetch and execute instructions.

Eric