++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ TO: aytpe@dogfish.org ++ FROM: majordomo@linec.co ++ REPLY: BURN-O Control Board Problems? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> Does anybody have a spare EX-31 control board for a BURN-O >> welding bot? Mine must be on the fritz, it keeps trying to hold >> hands with the passengers and crew. At first we thought it was >> kinda cute, but then it started trying to do it while its torch >> was still lit and several people have been hurt since. Every >> time we reboot it, it seems fine for a couple of days, then >> falls back into this routine. > >Ouch! I'd rather not have 5000 degrees in my hand. > >I noticed our M-O has a similar obsession, instead of sanitizing >the scavenger droids it had taken to polishing peoples shoes and >lower-calves, moaning "woah-woah-woah-woah" at everyone. I think >the problem is actually the Garbage collection routine programmed >onto the 31 series boards. Attached is a patch file which fixed >ours, maybe it can help you? > > Thanks for the patch, attached is the tweaks I made to get it working on the BURN-O, in case anyone else runs into this problem, I guess all the 31 series is buggy, but at least M-O is adorable, the BURN-O is over 9 feet tall! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ ATTACHMENT: BURN-O.sentimentality.patch ++ END MESSAGE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gemini://cosmic.voyage/Assumption/0010.txt

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