Date   : Sun, 21 Nov 1982 23:57:00-EST
From   : Herb Lin <LIN@Mit-Mc>
Subject: [RMS.G.BANDY: diagnostics for new computers, fresh out of box]

Date: 20 Nov 1982 0755-EST
From: Andrew Scott Beals <RMS.G.BANDY at MIT-OZ>
To:   LIN
Re:   diagnostics for new computers, fresh out of box

well, memory tests.
disk read/write tests. i had a simple little program written
in mbasic that would fill up the disk, kill the file it
just filled up the disk with, then do it again - i used
this to test my osborne when i originally got it. the best
way to test a computer is through hard use.