From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Jul 27 18:32:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C1AC9AC932; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "vps1.elischer.org", Issuer "CA Cert Signing Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29B8FAEA; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:32:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from Julian-MBP3.local (ppp121-45-239-102.lns20.per1.internode.on.net [121.45.239.102]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t6RIWQB4051787 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:32:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2015 To: Willem Jan Withagen , Glen Barber References: <55B63CDE.9040803@digiware.nl> <20150727142556.GD54478@FreeBSD.org> <55B64102.4090408@digiware.nl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <55B67935.3040604@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 02:32:21 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55B64102.4090408@digiware.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:32:38 -0000 On 7/27/15 10:32 PM, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > On 27/07/2015 16:25, Glen Barber wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 04:14:54PM +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: >>> On 27/07/2015 04:39, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >>>> * Separated email services (and single-point-of-failure cases) from >>>> the machine that has been handling this task for over 18 years, to >>>> new, single-purpose service installations >>> Hi, >>> >>> This sort of sounds like the system that a former company (IAE) donated >>> to Jordan when he was here in Arnhem at a FreeBSD meeting organized by >>> Wilco Bulte. I think it was called freefall?? >>> There used to be pictures of the meeting online, but I can't seem to >>> find them. >>> >>> Would be nice to know if that is the case, because then I'm really >>> impressed with the life time of that system... >>> Does anybody know if this is actually the case? >>> >> Based on what I've recently learned of the machine's history, it was >> originally freefall, then became known as 'hub'. > You have any idea what is/was actual the hardware that was in the box? > > If I remember correctly we gave Jordan a check for like 5000 guilders. > Which I guess would be 2500 us$ at that time. Which was not an enormous > amount of money, so even more impressive that the system lasted 18 years :) I think it was a bit like my grandfather's axe.. A really great axe. we replaced the handle 3 times, the head four times and put in a couple of new wedges, but it's a great axe that one! > > --WjW > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >