26 Aug
2006
26 Aug
'06
6:14 a.m.
Fellow techies (and Tekkies),
Thanks to a very generous (and anonymous by request) donation of a replacement
firewall/router (a Watchguard Firebox 1000), my domain and FTP archive should all be fully
functional once again.
Those who have been patiently (or not) to download something from the archive, please
give it a try now.
ftp.bluefeathertech.com
User ID: Either ftp or anonymous
Password: Anything you want, though I'd prefer you use your E-mail address.
Thanks to all for your patience during this nasty little outage, and special thanks to
our anonymous donor (you know who you are). ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal
ports?"
26 Aug
26 Aug
6:32 a.m.
Bruce Lane wrote:
ftp.bluefeathertech.com
User ID: Either ftp or anonymous
Password: Anything you want, though I'd prefer you use your E-mail address.
Still looks down from here (IP 81.86.139.157, aka wolf.philpem.me.uk):
Z:\>ftp
ftp> open ftp.bluefeathertech.com
ftp: connect :Connection timed out
--
Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G ViewFinder
philpem at dsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 512M+100G
http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+40G
7:08 a.m.
I tried also, windows xp, ftp ftp.bluefeathertech.com, got unknown error
back.
Philip Pemberton wrote:
Bruce Lane wrote:
ftp.bluefeathertech.com
User ID: Either ftp or anonymous
Password: Anything you want, though I'd prefer you use your E-mail
address.
Still looks down from here (IP 81.86.139.157, aka wolf.philpem.me.uk):
Z:\>ftp
ftp> open ftp.bluefeathertech.com
ftp: connect :Connection timed out
9:44 a.m.
On Saturday 26 August 2006 03:14, Bruce Lane wrote:
Fellow techies (and Tekkies),
Thanks to a very generous (and anonymous by request) donation of a
replacement firewall/router (a Watchguard Firebox 1000), my domain and FTP
archive should all be fully functional once again.
Those who have been patiently (or not) to download something from the
archive, please give it a try now.
ftp.bluefeathertech.com
User ID: Either ftp or anonymous
Password: Anything you want, though I'd prefer you use your E-mail
address.
ping ftp.bluefeathertech.com
PING gutenberg.bluefeathertech.com (216.162.215.96) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- gutenberg.bluefeathertech.com ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 5998ms
lpb at abit:~> ftp ftp.bluefeathertech.com
lpb at abit:~> ftp ftp.bluefeathertech.com
Looks like your still down...
Lyle
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
6:23 p.m.
On 8/26/2006 at 3:14 AM Bruce Lane wrote:
I was able to get logged in, but it doesn't appear as if your server
supports passive FTP mode--and my firewall won't allow port mode, so I
didn't get much past the login.
Cheers,
Chuck
27 Aug
27 Aug
2:53 a.m.
Try again, Chuck. I've converted (and secured) the server so that it no longer needs
to be behind the firewall.
Thanks much.
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On 26-Aug-06 at 15:23 Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/26/2006 at 3:14 AM Bruce Lane wrote:
I was able to get logged in, but it doesn't appear as if your server
supports passive FTP mode--and my firewall won't allow port mode, so I
didn't get much past the login.
Cheers,
Chuck
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal
ports?"
11:51 a.m.
Tried it this morning and it seems to work just fine.
Cheers,
Chuck
On 8/26/2006 at 11:53 PM Bruce Lane wrote:
Try again, Chuck. I've converted (and secured) the
server so that it no
longer needs to be behind the firewall.
Thanks much.
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
On 26-Aug-06 at 15:23 Chuck Guzis wrote:
surreal ports?"
On 8/26/2006 at 3:14 AM Bruce Lane wrote:
I was able to get logged in, but it doesn't appear as if your server
supports passive FTP mode--and my firewall won't allow port mode, so I
didn't get much past the login.
Cheers,
Chuck
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with
12:44 p.m.
Thanks. I ended up taking advantage of the dual-port nature of the network card. I locked
down one side tighter than Fort Knox, except for anonymous-only FTP access, and fed it
unprotected to the Internet. The other port is still behind our firewall, and only
connects to our internal LAN. This allows me to update the server in the background (and
back it up), while FTP traffic bypasses the firewall altogether.
Keep the peace(es).
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
On 27-Aug-06 at 08:51 Chuck Guzis wrote:
Tried it this morning and it seems to work just fine.
Cheers,
Chuck
On 8/26/2006 at 11:53 PM Bruce Lane wrote:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal
ports?"
Try again, Chuck. I've converted (and secured)
the server so that it no
longer needs to be behind the firewall.
Thanks much.
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
On 26-Aug-06 at 15:23 Chuck Guzis wrote:
surreal ports?" On 8/26/2006 at 3:14 AM Bruce Lane wrote:
I was able to get logged in, but it doesn't appear as if your server
supports passive FTP mode--and my firewall won't allow port mode, so I
didn't get much past the login.
Cheers,
Chuck
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with
1:51 p.m.
IIRC, that file CORE303.EXE in the UTellMe directory is an old DOS disk
performance test from Core International, long since absorbed by Aiwa.
Core made disk controllers, and disk drives, and later tape drives. The
CORETEST program was a means of contrasting the performance between your
current rig and (ostensibly) one of Core's setups. I'm not entirely sure
that Core actually made all of their disk drives or if some or all were
rebadged. But, at one time, CORETEST numbers were widely quoted as a
measurement of performance.
At any rate, be careful. At one time, CORE303 was widely distributed
publicly and many copies are infected with a boot-sector virus.
Cheers,
Chuck
7:10 p.m.
Hi, Chuck,
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On 27-Aug-06 at 10:51 Chuck Guzis wrote:
IIRC, that file CORE303.EXE in the UTellMe directory
is an old DOS disk
performance test from Core International, long since absorbed by Aiwa.
Core made disk controllers, and disk drives, and later tape drives. The
<snippety>
So that's what that is! I've had it around for over a decade, could never
remember why I kept it, where I came across it, etc.
At any rate, be careful. At one time, CORE303 was
widely distributed
publicly and many copies are infected with a boot-sector virus.
This particular copy appears to be clean. I've scanned it with the latest issue of
AVG Antivirus.
My question: Should I even bother keeping it around? Is it of any real value, historical
or otherwise?
If so, I'll create a subcategory for it, or stick it in an existing one. If not,
PURGE! ;-)
Let me know, please. Thanks!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal
ports?"
8:29 p.m.
New subject: CORETEST was: I think everything's working
On 8/27/2006 at 4:10 PM Bruce Lane wrote:
My question: Should I even bother keeping it around?
Is it of any real
value, historical or otherwise?
If so, I'll create a subcategory for it, or stick it in an existing one.
If not, PURGE! ;-)
Let me know, please. Thanks!
Your call, I'd say.This edition of CORETEST was current through about 1994,
so if you want a simple DOS disk performance test that will run even on an
XT, keep it! It'll still work with most modern drives that afford INT 13
BIOS access--although it might not be able to assign a "performance number"
rating.
I think most folks quote Diskmark ratings now. Since Aiwa consumed Core in
1994, I think that your version is the last of the line.
Cheers,
Chuck
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