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

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In article <49833245$1 at flight>, Malcolm Dunnett <nothome at spammers.are.scum> writes:
>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> 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 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.
>> 
>> 
>
>Yes, thanks Alan. I was also wrestling with whether or not to volunteer 
>to host it (easy to say after someone else has already volunteered I guess).
>
>I have lots of spare VMS capable hardware here and a 100Mbit pipe, but 
>I'm not sure what sort of bureaucracy I'd have to go through to get my 
>employer (a university) to approve it. I have to admit I've kind of 
>drifted away from Emcompassserve lately anyway(not from VMS though), so 
>I'm not personally suffering from Eisner being down.
>
>Also, I'm in Canada and hosting it here would go against the current 
>protectionist spirit of the US Congress :-)

I believe the h/w is DECUServer/EncompasServe/name-of-the-weekServe.  I'd
assume the h/w and any relevant backups, etc. would be shipped out to any
party that would take over its hosting.


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