Ahh the memories. So if the VAX machine is gone from campus, what is left to haunt CS students? I think that Alpha, or a similar one, was where I first learned you could crash terminals by piping "yes" to the "talk". Ahh the memories.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Dave Hala Jr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@58ghz.net">dave@58ghz.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I remmember using a Quick Mail gateway to exchange mail via dialup on a<br>
couple of remote netware servers, running DaVinci email... Now I feel<br>
old...<br>
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:) Dave<br>
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On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 15:21 -0500, Bill Davis wrote:<br>
> QuickMail eh? That brings back memories. I used to work for the<br>
> creator of QuickMail (CE Software) back in the 80's and 90's. Didn't<br>
> know they had it at Drake though, but it doesn't surprise me. Drake<br>
> became an Apple University Consortium school the year after I<br>
> graduated (which was '84) as I recall.<br>
><br>
> I left a job at Pioneer Hi-Bred....programming on VAX/VMS boxen in<br>
> fact....to work for CE.<br>
><br>
> I did both tech support and programming for CE. Got some cool<br>
> QuickMail support calls, including one from the Battleship Missouri!<br>
> The head of CE actually got to visit the ship when it was in port,<br>
> after that. They used their QuicKeys keyboard macro program on the<br>
> Space Shuttle too (didn't get a call from the Shuttle....)<br>
><br>
> CE's still around, sort of (as Startly Technologies and also as<br>
> Prairie Group, but not CE) but they sold off QuickMail some time ago,<br>
> to Outspring.<br>
><br>
> Bill Davis<br>
> 5214 Meredith Dr.<br>
> Des Moines, IA 50310-2956 USA<br>
> (515) 270-6729 home<br>
> (515) 360-0445 mobile<br>
> (515) 281-7302 work<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley<br>
> <<a href="mailto:daniel.ramaley@drake.edu">daniel.ramaley@drake.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> You probably do remember when they put it in. Summer of 1997<br>
> students<br>
> came back to Drake with ethernet in the dorms and brand new<br>
> POP mail<br>
> (didn't you help install the ethernet?). I think that ES40<br>
> server was<br>
> installed at that time to replace the previous QuickMail that<br>
> employees<br>
> used and the console-based PMDF mail that students had on<br>
> acad.drake.<br>
> So... the machine is 12 years old. It has been out of service<br>
> for a bit<br>
> more than 1 year. For 11 years it single-handedly processed<br>
> all the<br>
> mail for ~15000 POP/IMAP accounts. Now it is time for it to<br>
> go. <sniff><br>
><br>
> On 2009-09-16 at 14:07:16, Lathrop Preston wrote:<br>
> >I feel old... I think I remember when they put that box in...<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> >On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Nathan C. Smith<br>
> <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> >> I feel old: hearing about a retiring AlphaServer and being<br>
> surprised<br>
> >> it has USB ports.<br>
> >><br>
> >> -Nate<br>
> >><br>
> >> > -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> > From: <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a><br>
> >> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On Behalf Of Daniel A.<br>
> Ramaley<br>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:57 PM<br>
> >> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
> >> > Subject: [Cialug] Free hardware<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > We're decommissioning another server. For those familiar<br>
> with<br>
> >> > Drake, it is Acad3, otherwise previously known by aliases<br>
> >> > related to e-mail: pop, mail, smtp, etc. There are 2 main<br>
> >> > components that we are giving away either separately or<br>
> together:<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > An external drive array with twenty-four 18 GB disks. Two<br>
> of<br>
> >> > them are blinking, suggesting they are bad.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > An AlphaServer ES40. I don't know the exact specs, but i<br>
> >> > recall that it has multiple CPUs, many GB of RAM (on the<br>
> >> > order of 12 to 16 GB), and six 36 GB disks. It currently<br>
> runs<br>
> >> > VMS, but should be able to run Linux or *BSD without any<br>
> >> > problem. It has floppy drive, CD drive, PS/2 ports for<br>
> >> > keyboard and mouse, USB, but no VGA. It uses an Ampex<br>
> dumb<br>
> >> > terminal for basic I/O; at your option you are welcome to<br>
> >> > take the terminal. I haven't opened the machine, but<br>
> suspect<br>
> >> > most PCI video cards would work if you wanted to get a<br>
> >> > monitor connected.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Currently the disk array is being wiped. After that,<br>
> we'll<br>
> >> > wipe the internal disks in the machine. After that, it is<br>
> >> > free for the taking.<br>
> >> > If interested, please e-mail me. Off-list to avoid<br>
> clutter is<br>
> >> > fine.<br>
><br>
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