Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!dfarber@UDEL-EE.ARPA From: dfarber@UDEL-EE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: net.digital: Is parity *really* worth it? Message-ID: <641@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 08:42:22 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.641 Posted: Thu Aug 2 08:42:22 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Aug-84 00:33:36 EDT Lines: 6 From: Dave FarberIt is a bad situation to have an error that corrupts a data base and have no idea anything went wrong. The main benefit of parity is you know you are in trouble and that is worth a whole lot. If you want to recover then ecc is the route (and a heavy wallet)