Very cool. Thanks for the info. I remember using this BBS back in the early
'80s. Whew, I'm getting OLD.
Lyle
On Monday 12 January 2004 19:05, Paul Berger wrote:
Looks like the old girl is back up!! :)
:~> telnet
bbs.execpc.com
Trying 169.207.51.4...
Connected to
bbs.execpc.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
Linux 2.0.31 (bbs) (ttyp0)
Welcome to ExecPC BBS
connected
Exec-PC BBS (NODE# 402, CONNECT 57600)
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On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:28, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Paul Berger wrote:
> > He converted it from a system pretty much as you describe at it's peak
> > it consited of 5 novell severs with a total of 40+ hard drives and over
> > 100 PCs (bare motherboards actually) networked together in racks made
> > ot of plywood with slots cut in them to slide the motherboards into.
> > It was an interesting artitechture and the main reason it was as
> > scaleable as it was.
>
> Wow! That's really cool. Did they ever document it, like with pictures
> and stuff? That deserves preservation in some computer history archive.
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.