[Shop-talk] 35 Years!

[Douglas Shook]

Thank you very much, Mark, for supporting us all these years.

I think I have been on your lists almost since the beginning as well,
starting off using home assembled computers and Hayes 1200 baud modems to
connect to the world pre-Internet. ;-)

It is interesting to think that there are groups of people on your lists
who have known each other for over 30 years but never have met or spoken in
person.

I hope you are right about being able to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
teamnet as well.

Thank you again, Mark.

Best,

Doug Shook

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:

> Nearly half my life!  Team dot Net went on the air 35 years ago today,
> April 11th, 1991.  Been through a lot of ups and downs over the years,
> many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there.  I
> won't go into the times that ISP problems shut it down for days, or even
> weeks at a time.
>
> But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have
> always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff.  And
> always for free.  I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty
> expensive to run.  Fast, at home internet was not widely available.  And
> the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over
> 100 Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars.  Luckily paid for
> by generous contributions from list members.
>
> Time marches on, and so does Team Net.  I'll keep it going as long as I
> can, health permitting.  Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50th
> birthday notice!
>
> mjb.
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