<div dir="auto"><div> Thank you Mark, for the flashback! I connected to <a href="http://autox.team.net">autox.team.net</a> almost 30 years ago so I must have been one of your earliest participants! I have come and gone a few times since those early days, just as various cars have come and gone.</div><div dir="auto"> My portal was a Sun Microsystems UNIX box from my office at Amoco Research. Reading that <a href="http://team.net">team.net</a> was registered in 1991, that all fits. I transferred to the rock physics laboratory at Amoco Research in 1988. By 1991, I was writing code (fortran then C) on the Sun UNIX platform. We had a graphics package but not a GUI builder, <i>per se.</i>. All graphics had to be painted onto the screen pallet. UNIRAS, I seem to remember it being called. User choices were identified by cursor location detection when the mouse was 'clicked'. State of the 1990s art!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Again, thanks for the story and for the support!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rick, in Houston, and heading to PayPal</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 11, 2020, 8:16 AM Mark J Bradakis via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">April 11th. As many of you know, the domain <a href="http://team.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">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 <a href="http://autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">autox.team.net</a> 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, on 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 read any of those tapes. Maybe someday.<br>
<br>
Anyway, in the beginning I was routing everything through the servers at <br>
the University of Utah Computer Science Department, where I was <br>
employed. When my fellow sys admins started noticing just how much <br>
network traffic there was on a certain box, my boss strongly suggested I <br>
make other arrangements. 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>
100+ 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. Hardware <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 annual fund drive to cover <br>
the rather high cost of having sufficient bandwidth 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 prefer to send checks. Yep, things <br>
are different now. And with the Covid-19 pandemic, a LOT different. <br>
But the Team Net mailing lists are still chugging along, providing those <br>
spending more time at home a bit of distraction, entertainment or <br>
education as we keep our beloved vehicles rolling along the roads.<br>
<br>
I plan to keep it going as long as I can, who knows how many years I <br>
have left. April 11th is also my birthday, 66 this year, and I <br>
certainly won't live forever. And I fear that when I die, Team Net will <br>
die. Sigh.<br>
<br>
But for now, enjoy and stay healthy.<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
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