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keesan
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response 150 of 175:
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Dec 18 20:03 UTC 1998 |
Long delays in emailing short files.
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jep
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response 151 of 175:
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Dec 18 20:20 UTC 1998 |
I've gotten some weird delays using Backtalk, also.
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remmers
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response 152 of 175:
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Dec 18 21:50 UTC 1998 |
Seems to be okay at the moment.
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gregb
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response 153 of 175:
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Dec 19 03:48 UTC 1998 |
I was on this morning when it went deep-six. Right in the middle of
composing a msg. too. I tried for a couple hours after that, but no
dice. Glad to see it back up.
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steve
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response 154 of 175:
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Dec 19 05:02 UTC 1998 |
We've been stable for many hours now. With luck we won't have that
for a nice long while.
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other
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response 155 of 175:
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Dec 19 05:14 UTC 1998 |
greg, look in your home directory for a file called dead.letter which will
have the text you put into the message when your login disconnected.
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rcurl
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response 156 of 175:
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Dec 19 05:16 UTC 1998 |
Now, Merit is not authenticating. Doesn't seem to affect the load here.
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aruba
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response 157 of 175:
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Dec 19 05:24 UTC 1998 |
Everyone please come check out the auction! We're up to 32 new items.
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gregb
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response 158 of 175:
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Dec 19 22:12 UTC 1998 |
Re. 155: Thanx, other.
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steve
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response 159 of 175:
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Dec 20 23:06 UTC 1998 |
We now have possesion of one of the Sun-4/690 computers that
have been donated to us. It's... beautiful, and *heavy*. We have
the "card cage" which can hold up to 16 cards, and the CPU card.
Missing, but coming to us are the CPU modules themselves. All the
system needs is memory and 220V power to run.
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senna
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response 160 of 175:
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Dec 20 23:38 UTC 1998 |
Do we have any tasks earmarked for this thing?
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steve
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response 161 of 175:
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Dec 21 00:58 UTC 1998 |
Well, its most of what we need to create a second CPU. Before we
got this system, if Grex's motherboard died, we'd be dead 'till we
went out and bought a 'new' 670 motherboard. Now, we have a new
motherboard such that we have a backup. We have backups for just
about everything else, and not having that for the motherboard was
troublesome. We'd been looking for "cheap" motherboards, and we
were in the process of negociating for a $400 - $500 one when we
got offers for *two* such systems or parts.
Once we get the second present (which includes 128M of SIMMs)
from California (cards, cpu modles, memory) we'll be able to
build up a system and test it. That should hopefully give us two
working motherboards, one set of CPU's and a batch of memory.
We'll test them out on the old Sun-4/260 chassis, and then we'll
know that we have a backup for Grex which will let me sleep better
at night (I actually had a dream about not having backup hardware).
We also have a second set of CPU modules on the way, we think,
such that if we get more memory we could have two Sun-4/670's
with a backup unit.
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wgm
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response 162 of 175:
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Dec 21 02:02 UTC 1998 |
Is there likely to be a problem with wiring in a 220V circuit from the circuit
box? Any idea what amperage the service is and how much the current equipment
draws?
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steve
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response 163 of 175:
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Dec 21 02:40 UTC 1998 |
There are several options on the 220V power supply. I've used step-up
transformers before with success. The other would be to get a 220 line
brought into the pumpkin, and the third is to not worry about getting 220
installed, as we have other chassis in which to run another Sun-4/670.
We still have a couple of the Sun-3 chassis, one of which was the
Sun-4/260 we used for several years. Chassis we got lots of. ;-)
The other possibility is to get a 110V power supply. One of the
neat things about this hardware we just got is the fact that things
are modular. The power supply looks like a square-ish suitcase, and
plugs into the main box. I *think* there is a 110V version that was
made for smaller installaions but I'm not sure about that.
The power supply needs a maximum of 1200w or about 5A at 220V.
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senna
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response 164 of 175:
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Dec 21 08:46 UTC 1998 |
(This coming from a man who knows jack about computers) any feasible way
to run the processors simultaneously and speed grex up? Or, possibly,
split grex into two pieces with conferences and party on one machine and
everything else on the other?
Like I said, I know nothing. So I might as well ask.
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n8nxf
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response 165 of 175:
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Dec 21 11:21 UTC 1998 |
I think the old Sun-3 chassis I took apart a long ago time had a
transformer in the base that could be wired for either 110V or 220V.
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remmers
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response 166 of 175:
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Dec 21 12:09 UTC 1998 |
Re resp:164 - Yes, the plan is to distribute Grex functions over several
machines eventually. Running mail on a separate machine is the highest
priority, I think.
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steve
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response 167 of 175:
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Dec 21 12:59 UTC 1998 |
Yup. Once we have some of the technical infrastructure in place
it will be possible to start spreading things over multiple machines.
Mail processing will be the first, and will likely have the biggest
impact of any single thing we could do.
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mark1
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response 168 of 175:
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Dec 21 14:30 UTC 1998 |
I have a question... How do you put a message on the login board advisory
thing-a-ma-jig?
do you have to be a member to do it???
MJK
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scott
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response 169 of 175:
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Dec 21 14:35 UTC 1998 |
You have to be staff, or one of a few people that have been given permission.
With thousands of users, we can't allow just anyone to update the motd
(Message Of The Day) file.
Re: The Sun 670 donations:
The really *cool* thing is that we are getting multiple spares for less than
we budgeted to buy a single set of spares. We may also be getting some nice
disks, so that Grex will have a much lower hardware budget for the next year
or two.
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mta
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response 170 of 175:
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Dec 21 16:35 UTC 1998 |
On the other hand, mark, if you have something important to put there it's
fine to ask a member of the staff if they'd put it there for you. They may
not agree since we try to keep the MOTD short -- but if it's genuinely of
interest to all Grexers they probably will. ;)
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keesan
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response 171 of 175:
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Dec 21 17:38 UTC 1998 |
1200 watts is a space heater. Does the computer run at that all the time?
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steve
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response 172 of 175:
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Dec 21 19:53 UTC 1998 |
1200watts is what its rated at being able to deliver. It would consume
less than that for just one card in the box. My guess is 500w but we'd have
to check to make sure.
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drew
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response 173 of 175:
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Dec 22 01:21 UTC 1998 |
Again, supplying yourselves with 220 volts is a simple task, given two
adjacent empty circuit breaker slots in the fuse box. (Would someone check
the box to see if there are?) You could very well end up wanting it sooner
or later anyway. So you might as well run a 220 volt line for this upgrade.
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steve
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response 174 of 175:
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Dec 22 02:19 UTC 1998 |
(we should move this discussion to the Garage, I think)
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