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Mark,
I have only been a member a short while. Having worked in IT early in my
career, supervised some major installations at Red Hat, I appreciate all
the work it takes to keep a system like this going.
Many kudos to you!
On Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 4:41 AM Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
> Nearly half my life! Team dot Net went on the air 35 years ago today,
> April 11th, 1991. Been through a lot of ups and down over the years,
> many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there. I
> won't go into the times that ISP problems shut it down for days, or even
> weeks at a time.
>
> But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have
> always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff. And
> always for free. I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty
> expensive to run. Fast, at home internet was not widely available. And
> the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over
> 100 Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars. Luckily paid for
> by generous contributions from list members.
>
> Time marches on, and so does Team Net. I'll keep it going as long as I
> can, health permitting. Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50th
> birthday notice!
>
> mjb.
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Mark,<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I have=
only been a member a short while.=C2=A0 Having worked in IT early in my ca=
reer, supervised some major installations at Red Hat, I appreciate all the =
work it takes to keep a system like this going.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"auto">Many kudos to you!</div></div><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 4:41 =
AM Mark Bradakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark@bradakis.com"; target=3D"_blank"=
rel=3D"noreferrer">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">Nearly half my life!=C2=A0 Team dot Net went on the air 3=
5 years ago today, <br>
April 11th, 1991.=C2=A0 Been through a lot of ups and down over the years, =
<br>
many different computers, different ISPs, but almost always there.=C2=A0 I =
<br>
won't go into the times that ISP problems shut it down for days, or eve=
n <br>
weeks at a time.<br>
<br>
But it is still here, still on the air, still serving the purpose I have <b=
r>
always upheld, connecting like minded users to mostly car stuff.=C2=A0 And =
<br>
always for free.=C2=A0 I do remember back in the beginning it was pretty <b=
r>
expensive to run.=C2=A0 Fast, at home internet was not widely available.=C2=
=A0 And <br>
the first server, one of the earliest PCs in the valley to run at over <br>
100 Mhz ( Yes, MEGA Hertz! ) cost me $2,500 dollars.=C2=A0 Luckily paid for=
<br>
by generous contributions from list members.<br>
<br>
Time marches on, and so does Team Net.=C2=A0 I'll keep it going as long=
as I <br>
can, health permitting.=C2=A0 Who knows, maybe I'll be sending out a 50=
th <br>
birthday notice!<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
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