Re: Funding 2nd request and report.

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sweet!!

I have a Sun Cobalt Raq 550 dedicated server.  Down time is like 
"zero" :-)))  It can do 200 web sites and 10,000 e-mail 
addresses...  Since it is on DSL, it is like an 800 pound gorilla on 
a kite string, but it does not pain me ;-))  I note that dedicated 
servers make retail PCs look like piles of junk ;-))  Servers are 
high powered extreme duty machines for sure!!  They can also be 
easily packed up and sent to a server farm if things get gnarly >:D

Oh! Ahhhh...  Get the "Linux" version ,NOT windows 
:o)))))))))))))))  I have a server running each...  I can't tell you 
the difference on this "family oriented" list...  I think win is 
having a "vole-ista" thing now... :-P

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26703

My old 2x400Mhz is about to go Linux....  I threw office away last 
year :-))))  Most Tesla coil programs are windows...  But Java and 
pure "C" is helping ;-))

FYI - CPU usage on both of my servers is well under "0%".  The Sun's 
CPU temp is 37C :-))  so don't worry about processor power unless you 
are running "active" web sites that require the CPU to like do 
E-commerce and stuff....  Just web serving is a no brainer thing...

RAM is good since it takes the wear load of the drives.  But 
now-a-days, every computer comes with unimaginable amounts of memory 
as well as disk space...  I run about 10gig on-line just because "I 
can"...  But I have like 120gig unused space just spinning...  All 
real servers are RAID now which fixes 99% of the problems...  The Sun 
has 4 x 10,000 RPM fans that are LOUD!!!  But I think the Dell server 
is house friendly "quiet".  I just got used to it %;-)

One of those easily portable USB 2 backup drives sure is nice to 
since it can suck everything on the computer up for safe keeping in a 
few minutes!!

I am going to send $50 too, but I am a little behind in everything 
;-))  "I" certainly use the Tesla list hard :o)))  But if "everyone" 
just sent $1, it would pay for the new server right there!!  So just 
stuffing a few bucks in an envelope sure will help out too!!!

Hey Chip!!  THANKS for doing all this stuff for all these years 
now!!!!  All I have to do is hit "forward" when I read a post, but 
you really make the whole thing "go"!!

Cheers,

        Terry




At 07:49 AM 10/5/2005, you wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
>
> Thank you very much to all who have donated to the list.  It will really
> help keep it running.  I think I've settled on a machine -- A Dell Power
> Edge 1800, near the base level.  It's about $1400, which is a little more
> than we've raised so far.
>
> Right now we are at $1155.59, which is a really good showing and a strong
> indication of how people love the list.
>
> I would like to ask people who have not yet contributed to see if they can
> spare a little bit for the list.  Like I said earlier, this is not a
> common occurrence, but is about the third time in 10 years that the list
> has been operational.  If you can contribute, you can use either pay pal
> or send check, money order, or even cash (but at minimum put it between
> layers of thick paper to keep prying eyes away).  Here's my information:
>
> PayPal:
> chip@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Check/Money order:
> William W. Atkinson
> 705 Sedge Way
> Lafayette, CO
> 80026
> (303)828-3649
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Chip