Mark
Thanks for all you do and I hope you can keep doing it for a long time donâ??t
worry about turning 66. on April 6 I turned 70 still going strong and plan on
doing it for a long time Iâ??ve been been involved with Tigers since my
brother bought one new in 1965
Thanks again
Andrew Heaton
San Diego
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 11, 2020, at 6:08 AM, Mark J Bradakis via Tigers
> <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> April 11th. As many of you know, the domain team.net was officially
> registered on April 11, 1991, by the late Bill Caloccia. I have been
> managing the mailing lists on autox.team.net since then, actually for a while
> before that. I took over from Jim Muller, who took over from Dale Cook, and
> I wish I had archives of those first few years. Actually I may have some in
> my office, on 1/4 inch tape cassettes. Every now and then I consider trying
> to revive some of the old HP-UX boxes I have to see if I can still read any
> of those tapes. Maybe someday.
>
> Anyway, in the beginning I was routing everything through the servers at the
> University of Utah Computer Science Department, where I was employed. When
> my fellow sys admins started noticing just how much network traffic there was
> on a certain box, my boss strongly suggested I make other arrangements. So I
> went about getting a network connection at home. Back then, it was not that
> easy, or cheap. And as I recall, the first dedicated Team Net server was an
> HP box with one of the first 100+ megahertz CPUs, and even with a deal
> through HP, who worked closely with the U in those days the system set me
> back about $2,500. Hardware has improved since then. And that money didn't
> all come out of my pocket, I initiated a fund drive among the list members
> and got a great response. Back then it was all checks in the mail, and I
> mailed a thank you postcard to every contributor, or at least most of them,
> no doubt I missed a few. And for some time there was an annual fund drive to
> cover the rather high cost of having sufficient bandwidth from my house.
>
> So here it is 29 and just everybody has fast network available to them. I
> dropped the fund drives some years back, though folks do continue to
> contribute to the cause. Now a few clicks in Paypal can take care of it,
> though some still prefer to send checks. Yep, things are different now. And
> with the Covid-19 pandemic, a LOT different. But the Team Net mailing lists
> are still chugging along, providing those spending more time at home a bit of
> distraction, entertainment or education as we keep our beloved vehicles
> rolling along the roads.
>
> I plan to keep it going as long as I can, who knows how many years I have
> left. April 11th is also my birthday, 66 this year, and I certainly won't
> live forever. And I fear that when I die, Team Net will die. Sigh.
>
> But for now, enjoy and stay healthy.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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