Tom, I have one suggestion for Tom and the list. Because hardware is so affordable now I think it will be a good investment to get a P4 - 3.4. At my computer builder a 2.4 chip costs $130 and a 3.4 costs $485. As I see it the difference of $355 is an investment in the future and I'll bet someone on the list can even get these chips for even less. I would be wiling to be one of the people who contributes to an upgraded chip. How many of us would be willing to support the fastest chip possible? The more of us that contribute to an upgrade the less it will be each of our pledges to help get this new system to be the best state of the art NOW and that will benefit us all. My own computer has a P4- 2.4 and it is fast. A friend got the 2.8 and his computer is noticeable faster (to me) so I think the 3.4 would make our archive searches lightning faster. William
> Hey folks, > > Been a lot of conversation about the list, the new list-master, $$ and > whatnot. Here's the straight deal: > > The Vanagon server is moving to a new location sometime in mid-to-late > September. Jim Arnott, who has been keeper of the "spare" list for years, > has agreed to give our server (Gerry) a new home in a very good place. He is > also willing to take over the duties of list-Mom... so be sure to treat him > nice! > > Before the move, I am going to upgrade the hardware and operating system > that Gerry runs on. That will give Jim an easy ride for a while as he comes > up to speed on ListServ operation. > > The server the list owns now was bought in 2001, and is slow by today's > standards. We will be going from a P3-800 to a P4-2.4. This should help > speed up the archive searches. I think there is close to enough $$ in the > Vanagon account to pay for both right now. So hold off on sending any more > $$, if we come up short we can pass the hat. > > As to why I never asked for $$, for one thing, we simply haven't needed it. > The server has been rock solid since 2001, and the software has performed > well. > > Also - My thought is that it would be right to use donations to pay for > connectivity. Hardware, software and replacement server parts, sure...but > not the connectivity. Another aspect is that I never wanted to manage the > $$. That's like a job, y'know! > > The simple fact of the matter is that I am in a different place in my life > now, and I don't have $$ to keep my fast connectivity or the time requried > to properly manage the list. > > I've enjoyed being Gerry's host, it's just time for me to be another > slightly demented list member. :) > > Thanks, > TomC > |
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