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Happy Birthday Mark! And .team.net! Thanks for all you do and here's to ma=
ny more birthdays for all concerned and a continued celebration of the inf=
ormation passed along through this thread!=C2=A0=0ACheers!=0ASteven Kingsb=
ury=0A=0AOn April 11, 2020 at 6:04 AM, Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>=
wrote:=0A=0A=0AApril 11th.=C2=A0 As many of you know, the domain team.net=
was officially=0Aregistered on April 11, 1991, by the late Bill Caloccia.=
=C2=A0 I have been=0Amanaging the mailing lists on autox.team.net since th=
en, actually for a=0Awhile before that.=C2=A0 I took over=C2=A0 from Jim M=
uller, who took over from=0ADale Cook, and I wish I had archives of those =
first few years.=C2=A0 Actually=0AI may have some in my office, on 1/4 inc=
h tape cassettes.=C2=A0 Every now and=0Athen I consider trying to revive s=
ome of the old HP-UX boxes I have to=0Asee if I can still read any of thos=
e tapes.=C2=A0 Maybe someday.=0A=0AAnyway, in the beginning I was routing =
everything through the servers at=0Athe University of Utah Computer Scienc=
e Department, where I was=0Aemployed.=C2=A0 When my fellow sys admins star=
ted noticing just how much=0Anetwork traffic there was on a certain box, m=
y boss strongly suggested I=0Amake other arrangements.=C2=A0 So I went abo=
ut getting a network connection=0Aat home.=C2=A0 Back then, it was not tha=
t easy, or cheap.=C2=A0 And as I recall,=0Athe first dedicated Team Net se=
rver was an HP box with one of the first=0A100+ megahertz CPUs, and even w=
ith a deal through HP, who worked closely=0Awith the U in those days the s=
ystem set me back about $2,500.=C2=A0 Hardware=0Ahas improved since then.=C2=
=A0 And that money didn't all come out of my=0Apocket, I initiated a fund =
drive among the list members and got a great=0Aresponse.=C2=A0 Back then i=
t was all checks in the mail, and I mailed a thank=0Ayou postcard to every=
contributor, or at least most of them, no doubt I=0Amissed a few.=C2=A0 A=
nd for some time there was an annual fund drive to cover=0Athe rather high=
cost of having sufficient bandwidth from my house.=0A=0ASo here it is 29 =
and just everybody has fast network available to=0Athem.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I dro=
pped the fund drives some years back, though folks do=0Acontinue to contri=
bute to the cause.=C2=A0 Now a few clicks in Paypal can=0Atake care of it,=
though some still prefer to send checks. Yep, things=0Aare different now.=
=C2=A0 And with the Covid-19 pandemic, a LOT different.=C2=A0=0ABut the Te=
am Net mailing lists are still chugging along, providing those=0Aspending =
more time at home a bit of distraction, entertainment or=0Aeducation as we=
keep our beloved vehicles rolling along the roads.=0A=0AI plan to keep it=
going as long as I can, who knows how many years I=0Ahave left.=C2=A0 Apr=
il 11th is also my birthday, 66 this year, and I=0Acertainly won't live fo=
rever.=C2=A0 And I fear that when I die, Team Net will=0Adie.=C2=A0 Sigh.=0A=
=0ABut for now, enjoy and stay healthy.=0A=0Amjb.=0A=0A___________________=
____________________________=0ASupport Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate=
.html=0ASuggested annual donation $12.75=0A=0AArchive: http://www.team.net=
/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive=0A=0AHealeys@autox.team.n=
et=0Ahttp://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys=0A=0AUnsubscribe/Manag=
e: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/airtightproductions@iclou=
d.com=0A=0A
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<html><body><div>Happy Birthday Mark! And .team.net! Thanks for all you do and
here's =
to many more birthdays for all concerned and a continued celebration of th=
e information passed along through this thread! </div><div>Cheers!</d=
iv><div>Steven Kingsbury</div><div><br>On April 11, 2020 at 6:04 AM, Mark =
J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"msg-quote"><div class=3D"_stretch"><span class=
=3D"body-text-content">April 11th. As many of you know, the domain <=
a href=3D"http://team.net"; data-mce-href=3D"http://team.net";>team.net</a> =
was officially <br>registered on April 11, 1991, by the late Bill Caloccia=
. I have been <br>managing the mailing lists on autox.team.net since=
then, actually for a <br>while before that. I took over from =
Jim Muller, who took over from <br>Dale Cook, and I wish I had archives of=
those first few years. Actually <br>I may have some in my office, o=
n 1/4 inch tape cassettes. Every now and <br>then I consider trying =
to revive some of the old HP-UX boxes I have to <br>see if I can still rea=
d any of those tapes. Maybe someday.<br><br>Anyway, in the beginning=
I was routing everything through the servers at <br>the University of Uta=
h Computer Science Department, where I was <br>employed. When my fel=
low sys admins started noticing just how much <br>network traffic there wa=
s on a certain box, my boss strongly suggested I <br>make other arrangemen=
ts. So I went about getting a network connection <br>at home. =
Back then, it was not that easy, or cheap. And as I recall, <br>the =
first dedicated Team Net server was an HP box with one of the first <br>10=
0+ megahertz CPUs, and even with a deal through HP, who worked closely <br=
>with the U in those days the system set me back about $2,500. Hardw=
are <br>has improved since then. And that money didn't all come out =
of my <br>pocket, I initiated a fund drive among the list members and got =
a great <br>response. Back then it was all checks in the mail, and I=
mailed a thank <br>you postcard to every contributor, or at least most of=
them, no doubt I <br>missed a few. And for some time there was an a=
nnual fund drive to cover <br>the rather high cost of having sufficient ba=
ndwidth from my house.<br><br>So here it is 29 and just everybody has fast=
network available to <br>them. I dropped the fund drives some=
years back, though folks do <br>continue to contribute to the cause. =
; Now a few clicks in Paypal can <br>take care of it, though some still pr=
efer to send checks. Yep, things <br>are different now. And with the=
Covid-19 pandemic, a LOT different. <br>But the Team Net mailing li=
sts are still chugging along, providing those <br>spending more time at ho=
me a bit of distraction, entertainment or <br>education as we keep our bel=
oved vehicles rolling along the roads.<br><br>I plan to keep it going as l=
ong as I can, who knows how many years I <br>have left. April 11th i=
s also my birthday, 66 this year, and I <br>certainly won't live forever.&=
nbsp; And I fear that when I die, Team Net will <br>die. Sigh.<br><b=
r>But for now, enjoy and stay healthy.<br><br>mjb.<br><br>________________=
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