[Info-vax] Eisner? Down? (30 days later)

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In article <zZKdnbKkAvOX1R_UnZ2dnUVZ_jWWnZ2d at supernews.com>, Alan Frisbie <Usenet02_Remove at Flying-Disk.com> writes:
>Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
>> I don't see anyone else volunteering to install T1 service and host Eisner!
>
>OK, I guess it is time to step up to the plate.   If it becomes
>necessary for DECUServe to move, I will give it a new home.
>
>I have a T1 at my home/office.   I know it is not very fast by today's
>standards, but the time-to-repair is great.   Both Covad (who I write
>the checks to) and AT&T (who provisioned the local loop) are really
>good about fixing the occasional outage.   The sole exception was on
>Christmas day, when it took AT&T eleven hours to dispatch someone to
>fix the line.
>
>I am willing to make space, power, a fixed IP address, and DNS service
>available for Eisner.   I will perform regular backups and whatever
>maintenance is necessary to keep it running.   All I ask is that
>whoever currently performs system/DECUServe management (presumably
>remotely) will continue to do so.
>
>Why am I willing to do this?   Well...
>
>Both my wife (Sharon Johnson) and I were very early moderators
>on the system, long before it was named Eisner.   Dan Eisner recruited
>us at the 1987 Spring DECUS symposium in Nashville.   It was because
>of this involvement that we grew to appreciate each other, and
>eventually get married.   Dan was the first person we told about our
>engagement, just before he died.   Dan was a good friend, and I miss
>him very much.
>
>This is just my way of trying to repay the huge debt that I owe to
>Dan Eisner and DECUServe.
>
>OK, I've made the offer.   Does DECUServe management wish to take
>me up on it?
>
>Alan Frisbie   (Remove _REMOVE to reply)
>Flying Disk Systems, Inc.
>Los Angeles, CA


I thought about that too Alan.  I have about 20 times your bandwidth but
if you want the duties, you're welcome to it and I know you'd do a good
job too.


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