That's the last time I turn computers off when I go away

That's the last time I turn computers off when I go away. The PSU in the Alpha appears to be dead, and the PSU fan in the x86 desktop was sticking as it went round. It seems to be better now it's warmed up a little, though. For the moment I've pulled the disk out of the Alpha to regain access to some CVS repositories,

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