April 1998 / Cover Story

April 1998 / Cover Story

Crash-Proof Computing

Why PCs Crash, and Mainframes Don't

Anatomy of a Crash

DLL Disasters

Crash Tips

Why Mainframes Rarely Crash

IB M OS/390 System Architecture

It's a Hardware Problem!

Check the Hardware

Embedded Reliability: Bet Your Life

Crash-Proof Tools

Better Too ls for Better Code

Here's why today's PCs are the most crash-prone computers ever built -- and how you can make yours more reliable.
- by Tom R. Halfhill

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