Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Happy Birthday!

From: Douglas Shook <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:43:30 -0700

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Dear Mark,

Thank you very much for all that you have done over the decades to enable
gearheads to connect and share information. Particularly in the
pre-Internet era, you created a critical platform of newsgroups for us that
were not available other than through commercial dialup platforms such as
Prodigy back then.

I too am an old IT professional who can still tell you the differences
among the 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386, 80486 processors leading up to your
breakthrough Pentium processor with 3 million transistors and an external
64-bit bus. We thought we had hit "data heaven" with the Pentium. ;-)

Thank you again for all that you have done for us, for all the engines and
gearboxes that have been rebuilt due to the knowledge and information
shared through your groups. Thank you also for all of the social
connections and friendships that you have enabled amongst the gearheads.

Team.net has been a transformational platform, uniting disparate,
unconnected gearheads in garages across the world into vibrant, focused
communities that have been instrumental to our abilities to obtain and
share critical, and oftentimes, little known or esoteric information
necessary to revive specific makes and models of classic machinery that
otherwise may have wasted away, collecting dust in the corner.

You and Team.net have been responsible for me and many others to be able to
keep our beloved old machines on the road and running well.

Thank you, Mark.

Best regards,

Douglas Shook
Los Angeles, CA USA

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 6:36=E2=80=AFPM Mark Bradakis <[email-masked]> w=
rote:

> On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain.  34 years ago, how
> time flies!  Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars.
> My, things have changed.  At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think,
> stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey,
> etc lists.  And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and
> Bricklin and ... you get the idea.
>
> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the
> early days, there are still just over 30 lists.  About half a dozen of
> these see daily, or almost daily, traffic.  Some see hardly any use at
> all.  Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand
> messages in August, leading up to the Nationals.  I think the one and
> only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team
> Net.  Lost track of how many stickers I sold.  Still have a few
> somewhere in my office.
>
> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line,
> with a 120 MHz processor.  Attached is the label for that box.  Cost me
> $2,500.  See the photo for the specs :-)    Actually, it didn't cost ME
> much money.  Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser.  Back then,
> having an internet connection at home was not cheap.  I think I raised
> like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.
>
> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a
> thing of the past.  When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare,
> they visit http://www.team.net/donate.html - donate early, donate often!
>
> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort.
>   Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing
> with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on.
> All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of
> Fame.  That was nice.
>
> And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.
>
> Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!
>
> mjb._______________________________________________
>
> [email-masked]
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Dea=
r Mark,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Thank you very mu=
ch for all that you have done over the decades to enable gearheads to conne=
ct and share information. Particularly in the pre-Internet era, you created=
 a critical=C2=A0platform of newsgroups for us that were not available othe=
r than through commercial dialup=C2=A0platforms such as Prodigy back then.=
=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I too am an old IT=
 professional who can still tell you the differences among the 8088, 8086, =
80286, 80386, 80486 processors leading up to your breakthrough Pentium proc=
essor with 3 million transistors and an external 64-bit bus. We thought we =
had hit &quot;data heaven&quot; with the Pentium. ;-)=C2=A0</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_=
default" style=3D"font-size:small">Thank you again for all that you have do=
ne for us, for all the engines and gearboxes that have been rebuilt due to =
the knowledge=C2=A0and information shared through your groups. Thank you al=
so for all of the social connections and friendships that you have enabled =
amongst the gearheads.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:sma=
ll">Team.net has been a transformational=C2=A0platform, uniting disparate, =
unconnected gearheads in garages across the world into vibrant, focused com=
munities that have been instrumental to our abilities to obtain and share c=
ritical, and oftentimes, little known or esoteric information necessary to =
revive specific makes and models of classic machinery that otherwise may ha=
ve wasted away, collecting dust in the corner.</div><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" styl=
e=3D"font-size:small">You and Team.net have been responsible for me and man=
y others=C2=A0to be able to keep our beloved old machines on the road and r=
unning well.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><b=
r></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Thank you, M=
ark.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Best regards,</div><=
div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Douglas Shook</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Los Angeles, CA USA</div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 6:36=E2=80=AFPM Mark Bradakis &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></=
div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor=
der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On April 11th, 1991, =
<a href=3D"http://team.net" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">team.net</=
a> became a new domain.=C2=A0 34 years ago, how <br>
time flies!=C2=A0 Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. =
<br>
My, things have changed.=C2=A0 At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, <=
br>
stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, <br=
etc lists.=C2=A0 And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and <br>
Bricklin and ... you get the idea.<br>
<br>
While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the <br=
early days, there are still just over 30 lists.=C2=A0 About half a dozen of=
 <br>
these see daily, or almost daily, traffic.=C2=A0 Some see hardly any use at=
 <br>
all.=C2=A0 Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousa=
nd <br>
messages in August, leading up to the Nationals.=C2=A0 I think the one and =
<br>
only year I attended, &#39;97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team <b=
r>
Net.=C2=A0 Lost track of how many stickers I sold.=C2=A0 Still have a few <=
br>
somewhere in my office.<br>
<br>
As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line, <b=
r>
with a 120 MHz processor.=C2=A0 Attached is the label for that box.=C2=A0 C=
ost me <br>
$2,500.=C2=A0 See the photo for the specs :-)=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Actually, it did=
n&#39;t cost ME <br>
much money.=C2=A0 Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser.=C2=A0 Bac=
k then, <br>
having an internet connection at home was not cheap.=C2=A0 I think I raised=
 <br>
like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.<br>
<br>
Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a <br>
thing of the past.=C2=A0 When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, =
<br>
they visit <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" t=
arget=3D"_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> - donate early, donate=
 often!<br>
<br>
Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort. <b=
r>
=C2=A0 Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week deali=
ng <br>
with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. <br=
All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of <br>
Fame.=C2=A0 That was nice.<br>
<br>
And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.<br>
<br>
Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!<br>
<br>
mjb._______________________________________________<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">Shop-talk@aut=
ox.team.net</a><br>
et=3D"_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>
Archive: <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" rel=3D"norefer=
rer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href=
=3D"http://autox.team.net/archive" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">htt=
p://autox.team.net/archive</a><br>
<br>
alk/[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://autox.=
team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/[email-masked]</a><br>
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From: Thomas Coradeschi <[email-masked]> boundary="Apple-Mail=_81D3CADE-1A7D-4F42-9344-8247BF6827FA"
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:27:13 -0400

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Mark - how time does fly!

Mailing lists aren=E2=80=99t what they used to be, in terms of =
popularity, but for Olde Phartes like me, at least, they are certainly =
preferable to the forum madness=E2=80=A6

We shut down the Internet BMR Riders lists last year - not enough use to =
justify paying the bills to keep them running. Like this, that was =
something which germinated around 30 years ago.

Thanks for making it all happen!

=E2=80=94
Tom Coradeschi
[email-masked]

> On Apr 11, 2025, at 6:16=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Bradakis <[email-masked]> =
wrote:
>=20
> On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain.  34 years ago, how =
time flies!  Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. =
My, things have changed.  At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, =
stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, =
etc lists.  And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and =
Bricklin and ... you get the idea.
>=20
> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in =
the early days, there are still just over 30 lists.  About half a dozen =
of these see daily, or almost daily, traffic.  Some see hardly any use =
at all.  Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a =
thousand messages in August, leading up to the Nationals.  I think the =
one and only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on =
Team Net.  Lost track of how many stickers I sold.  Still have a few =
somewhere in my office.
>=20
> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the =
line, with a 120 MHz processor.  Attached is the label for that box.  =
Cost me $2,500.  See the photo for the specs :-)    Actually, it didn't =
cost ME much money.  Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser.  =
Back then, having an internet connection at home was not cheap.  I think =
I raised like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.
>=20
> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a =
thing of the past.  When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, =
they visit http://www.team.net/donate.html - donate early, donate often!
>=20
> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of =
effort.  Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week =
dealing with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and =
so on. All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car =
Hall of Fame.  That was nice.
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk =
>=20
> Unsubscribe/Manage: =
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/[email-masked]
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From: Jim Stone <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:14:05 -0400

Happy Birthday, team.net!  I don’t always remember to donate to help keep this list going and this was a nice reminder that it has been too long  I just sent $34 to honor the occasion, which I mention here not to garner thanks, but hopefully to encourage others to do the same.

Jim

> On Apr 11, 2025, at 6:16 PM, Mark Bradakis <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain.  34 years ago, how time flies!  Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. My, things have changed.  At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, etc lists.  And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and Bricklin and ... you get the idea.
> 
> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the early days, there are still just over 30 lists.  About half a dozen of these see daily, or almost daily, traffic.  Some see hardly any use at all.  Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand messages in August, leading up to the Nationals.  I think the one and only year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team Net.  Lost track of how many stickers I sold.  Still have a few somewhere in my office.
> 
> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line, with a 120 MHz processor.  Attached is the label for that box.  Cost me $2,500.  See the photo for the specs :-)    Actually, it didn't cost ME much money.  Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser.  Back then, having an internet connection at home was not cheap.  I think I raised like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.
> 
> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a thing of the past.  When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, they visit http://www.team.net/donate.html - donate early, donate often!
> 
> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort.  Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on. All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of Fame.  That was nice.
> 
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/[email-masked]
> 

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