23 Feb
2021
23 Feb
'21
10:59 p.m.
Hi folks - there used to be a web site where you could register and list
your "classic/old computer(s)". I'm not looking to do that but am trying
to
find something from years gone by that I think was on that site.
I thought it was https://www.old-computers.com/ or http://oldcomputers.net/
but it's neither of those.
My googlefoo has been unable to track it down assuming it still exists. I
know at one stage the owner was thinking of closing it down because of hacks
or spamming of forms or something like that.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thank you!!
Kevin Parker
<https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s2t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7n28cFFdQW752kH81jkhdLW1_k-L-
1qZM43W3s0v_y2M0f8BF4c2NfHml5Hf6Bq4h603?si=8000000004908274&pi=997afdd6-85ea
-4056-b2dd-7a9b54226840>
23 Feb
23 Feb
11:02 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
My apologies for the tracker embedded in my original post. I use it for my
business and forgot to remove it before posting to this list.
Kevin Parker
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cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 6:00 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
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Subject: List your old computer
Hi folks - there used to be a web site where you could register and list
your "classic/old computer(s)". I'm not looking to do that but am trying
to
find something from years gone by that I think was on that site.
I thought it was https://www.old-computers.com/ or http://oldcomputers.net/
but it's neither of those.
My googlefoo has been unable to track it down assuming it still exists. I
know at one stage the owner was thinking of closing it down because of hacks
or spamming of forms or something like that.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thank you!!
Kevin Parker
<https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s2t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7n28cFFdQW752kH81jkhdLW1_k-L-
1qZM43W3s0v_y2M0f8BF4c2NfHml5Hf6Bq4h603?si=8000000004908274&pi=cece28eb-2dfe
-4230-a422-38cd80fce8ae>
24 Feb
24 Feb
3:02 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had an
Alpha system talking to it at one time.
IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of 1200+
days. Windows NT systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40 some
days....
Stan
On 2021-02-24 2:02 a.m., Kevin Parker via cctalk wrote:
My apologies for the tracker embedded in my original
post. I use it for my
business and forgot to remove it before posting to this list.
Kevin Parker
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Kevin Parker via
cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 6:00 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: List your old computer
Hi folks - there used to be a web site where you could register and list
your "classic/old computer(s)". I'm not looking to do that but am trying
to
find something from years gone by that I think was on that site.
I thought it was https://www.old-computers.com/ or http://oldcomputers.net/
but it's neither of those.
My googlefoo has been unable to track it down assuming it still exists. I
know at one stage the owner was thinking of closing it down because of hacks
or spamming of forms or something like that.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thank you!!
Kevin Parker
<https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s2t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7n28cFFdQW752kH81jkhdLW1_k-L-
1qZM43W3s0v_y2M0f8BF4c2NfHml5Hf6Bq4h603?si=8000000004908274&pi=cece28eb-2dfe
-4230-a422-38cd80fce8ae>
3:11 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
On 24/02/2021 23:02, stan via cctalk wrote:
By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had an
Alpha? system talking to it at one time.
IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of 1200+
days. Windows NT systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40 some
days....
I never got close to 1200 days, but I had an SGI machine at home talking
to uptimes.net. I remember watching it from work as it got close to
10000 hours (on the 416th day, 19th November 2002 according to syslog)
when suddenly it went off the air. It turned out the electricity
provider had (accidentally) tripped the wrong breaker in the local
substation. Grr.
--
Pete Turnbull
4:01 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
On 2/24/21 3:11 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote:
On 24/02/2021 23:02, stan via cctalk wrote:
> By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
> Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had
> an Alpha? system talking to it at one time.
>
> IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of
> 1200+ days. Windows NT systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40
> some days....
A modern MCU running Linux with battery backup could beat that easily.
And probably be faster than the VAX.
How far we've come...
--Chuck
4:48 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
On 02/24/2021 06:01 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 2/24/21 3:11 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote:
Faster? The only comparison I have is between my KA630-AA
and my current desktop (Dell Optiplex 980) running Ubuntu.
It seems to be almost 1000 X faster. I have a program that
records environmental data every 15 seconds. Then, there
are programs that condense and summarize the data. The
whole run at the end of the year used to take about 30
minutes. It runs in about 5 SECONDS on the PC. (Yes, I
know, only 360 X.)
Jon
On 24/02/2021 23:02, stan via cctalk wrote:
> By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
> Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had
> an Alpha system talking to it at one time.
>
> IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of
> 1200+ days. Windows NT systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40
> some days....
A modern MCU running Linux with battery backup could beat that
easily.
And probably be faster than the VAX.
How far we've come...
26 Feb
26 Feb
10 a.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
On 2/24/2021 5:48 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
Faster?? The only comparison I have is between my
KA630-AA and my
current desktop (Dell Optiplex 980) running Ubuntu. It seems to be
almost 1000 X faster.? I have a program that records environmental data
every 15 seconds.? Then, there are programs that condense and summarize
the data.? The whole run at the end of the year used to take about 30
minutes.? It runs in about 5 SECONDS on the PC.? (Yes, I know, only 360 X.)
Jon
But it seems boot times get longer and longer.
Ben.
11:33 a.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
On 02/26/2021 12:00 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2/24/2021 5:48 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
A stock Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop (with SSD) boots up, I can
log in and be on the desktop in 15 seconds. That is good
enough for me. I have to run Widows 10 for tax software,
and on a VM and magnetic drive, that is quite slow.
Jon
Faster? The only comparison I have is between my
KA630-AA and my current desktop (Dell Optiplex 980)
running Ubuntu. It seems to be almost 1000 X faster. I
have a program that records environmental data every 15
seconds. Then, there are programs that condense and
summarize the data. The whole run at the end of the year
used to take about 30 minutes. It runs in about 5 SECONDS
on the PC. (Yes, I know, only 360 X.)
Jon
But it seems boot times get longer and longer.
Ben.
24 Feb
24 Feb
5:19 p.m.
On Feb 24, 2021, at 7:01 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2/24/21 3:11 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote:
Not a general purpose computer, but some SAN storage arrays (clustered storage) I helped
create have logged uptimes measured in years. Those have MIPS engines and NetBSD as one
of the two operating systems (with large modifications).
paul
On 24/02/2021 23:02, stan via cctalk wrote:
> By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
> Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had
> an Alpha system talking to it at one time.
>
> IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of
> 1200+ days. Windows NT systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40
> some days....
A modern MCU running Linux with battery backup could beat that easily.
And probably be faster than the VAX.
How far we've come...
--Chuck 
4:07 p.m.
On Feb 24, 2021, at 6:11 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I never got close to 1200 days, but I had an SGI machine at home talking to uptimes.net.
I remember watching it from work as it got close to 10000 hours (on the 416th day, 19th
November 2002 according to syslog) when suddenly it went off the air. It turned out the
electricity provider had (accidentally) tripped the wrong breaker in the local substation.
Grr.
Is there anybody still running a service like uptimes.net <http://uptimes.net/>?
That sounds like fun.
3:17 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
Thanks Stan - no it wasn?t anything to do with uptime. It was like a museum but people
registered/listed their machines with some info about them and some pictures.
Kevin Parker
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of stan via cctalk
Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:02 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: FW: List your old computer
By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had an Alpha system
talking to it at one time.
IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of 1200+ days. Windows NT
systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40 some days....
Stan
On 2021-02-24 2:02 a.m., Kevin Parker via cctalk wrote:
My apologies for the tracker embedded in my original
post. I use it
for my business and forgot to remove it before posting to this list.
Kevin Parker
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Kevin Parker
via cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 6:00 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: List your old computer
Hi folks - there used to be a web site where you could register and
list your "classic/old computer(s)". I'm not looking to do that but am
trying to find something from years gone by that I think was on that site.
I thought it was https://www.old-computers.com/ or
http://oldcomputers.net/ but it's neither of those.
My googlefoo has been unable to track it down assuming it still
exists. I know at one stage the owner was thinking of closing it down
because of hacks or spamming of forms or something like that.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thank you!!
Kevin Parker
<https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s2t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7n28cFFdQW752kH81jkhdLW
1_k-L-
1qZM43W3s0v_y2M0f8BF4c2NfHml5Hf6Bq4h603?si=8000000004908274&pi=cece28e
b-2dfe
-4230-a422-38cd80fce8ae>
4:59 p.m.
New subject: FW: List your old computer
Looks a little different since the last time I looked around that feature
(it was a while back) but I think it may be this site?
https://www.1000bit.it/
Santo
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:32 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Thanks Stan - no it wasn?t anything to do with uptime.
It was like a
museum but people registered/listed their machines with some info about
them and some pictures.
Kevin Parker
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of stan via cctalk
Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2021 10:02 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: FW: List your old computer
By any chance, are you thinking of uptimes.net?
Some years ago (early 2000's?) it was tracking systems uptimes. I had an
Alpha system talking to it at one time.
IIRC, the record at one time was a VAX cluster, with an uptime of 1200+
days. Windows NT systems fared a lot worse, average of about 40 some
days....
Stan
On 2021-02-24 2:02 a.m., Kevin Parker via cctalk wrote:
My apologies for the tracker embedded in my
original post. I use it
for my business and forgot to remove it before posting to this list.
Kevin Parker
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Kevin Parker
via cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 6:00 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: List your old computer
Hi folks - there used to be a web site where you could register and
list your "classic/old computer(s)". I'm not looking to do that but am
trying to find something from years gone by that I think was on that
site.
I thought it was https://www.old-computers.com/ or
http://oldcomputers.net/ but it's neither of those.
My googlefoo has been unable to track it down assuming it still
exists. I know at one stage the owner was thinking of closing it down
because of hacks or spamming of forms or something like that.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thank you!!
Kevin Parker
<https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s2t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7n28cFFdQW752kH81jkhdLW
1_k-L-
1qZM43W3s0v_y2M0f8BF4c2NfHml5Hf6Bq4h603?si=8000000004908274&pi=cece28e
b-2dfe
-4230-a422-38cd80fce8ae>
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