GUBBINS@TOPS20.RADC.AF.MIL (Gern) (10/02/90)
Since FEB 1984, INFO-HZ100 has faithfully served the H/Z-100 Internet community from RADC's powerful DECSYSTEM-20 36-bit mainframe. Unfortunately, large mainframes are not as economical as maintaining a lot of little machines (VAXen, SUN Workstations, etc), hence as of 1-OCT-90, this system has lost all funding support and maintainence. Past experience shows that without DEC maintanence, it will become unstable (a month perhaps). I am typing this on 'borrowed time' for when this great DECSYSTEM20 crashes, it will be its last cycle. We are attempting a rehost of INFO-HZ100 onto a SUN Workstation that will take the name and IP address of the TOPS20 as soon as it is unplugged. Hence, some disruption in INFO-HZ100 may be noticed. Gern -------
GUBBINS@TOPS20.RADC.AF.MIL (Gern) (10/02/90)
Since FEB 1984, INFO-HZ100 has faithfully served the H/Z-100 Internet community from RADC's powerful DECSYSTEM-20 36-bit mainframe. Unfortunately, large mainframes are not as economical as maintaining a lot of little machines (VAXen, SUN Workstations, etc), hence as of 1-OCT-90, this system has lost all funding support and maintainence. Past experience shows that without DEC maintanence, it will become unstable (a month perhaps). I am typing this on 'borrowed time' for when this great DECSYSTEM20 crashes, it will be its last cycle. We are attempting a rehost of INFO-HZ100 onto a SUN Workstation that will take the name and IP address of the TOPS20 as soon as it is unplugged. Hence, some disruption in INFO-HZ100 may be noticed. Gern -------