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Happy Birthday to Team.Net, and congratulations and thanks to you,=0AMar=
k, for providing such an important service continuously for so many=0Aye=
ars.I wasn't in on it at the beginning, but have been a continuous=0Apar=
ticipating member of healeys@autox.team.net since 1996. The list=0Awas a=
ctually the main inspiration for my taking over the AHCA BJ8=0ARegistry=
in 1998. I realized that the healeys list was a key tool in=0Amaking co=
ntact with BJ8 owners around the world so that the registry=0Acould docu=
ment the details and history of their cars, which today has=0Agrown to i=
nclude more than 54% of total BJ8 production (9,575 of=0A17,712 cars bui=
lt). =0A It's true that activity on the list seems much less now than wh=
en I=0Abecame a member. Many of the earlier members have passed on or ha=
ve=0Aaged out and sold their cars. So many different "lists" like Facebo=
ok,=0Aahexp.com, British Car Forum are good in some ways, making it poss=
ible=0Afor Healey owners to choose their source for Healey information;=
but I=0Abelieve they also dilute the overall benefit to the communities=
.=0AHealeys@autox.team.net is still the only one that I follow daily.=0A=
Steve ByersHBJ8L/36666BJ8 RegistryAHCA Delegate at LargeHavelock, NC=0AU=
SA=0A=0A=09----------------------------------------- From: "Mark J Brada=
kis via=0AHealeys"=0A To: "healeys@autox.team.net"=0A Cc:=0A Sent: Sunda=
y April 11 2021 9:02:06AM=0A Subject: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades=0A=
=0A On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being. The British-cars=
=0A mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos=0A=
Usenet=0A group. Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 li=
sts at=0A the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearl=
y 70=0A different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribe=
d at=0Aits=0A peak. For a while it was pretty much the only game in town=
. As I=0A recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Annive=
rsary=0A event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the=
autox=0Alist.=0A=0A And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained pr=
ocrastinator like=0Ame=0A behind the curtain it is still on the air. It=
is a lot quieter these=0A days, much better software handle many of the=
janitorial tasks=0A automatically. Back in the beginning, I had to do *=
everything* by=0Ahand,=0A so to speak. Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors,=
I was spending 10, 15,=0A20=0A hours a week maintaining the server. The=
first server had a 100 MHz=0A processor. Things have changed. Back then=
just having a fast network=0A connection at a residence was rare and ex=
pensive. Good old DSL. I=0A remember that time when my service provider=
went belly up, and team=0Anet=0A was off the air for 11 days straight.=
I don't miss those days at all.=0A=0A Anyway, happy birthday to those o=
f you still here. I hope I can=0A continue to provide a useful service f=
or years to come.=0A=0A mjb.=0A=0A
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<html><body>Happy Birthday to Team.Net, and congratulations and thanks t=
o you,=0AMark, for providing such an important service continuously for=
so many years.<div>I wasn't in on it at the beginning, but have been a=
continuous=0Aparticipating member of healeys@autox.team.net since 1996.=
=0A The list was actually the main inspiration for my taking=
over=0Athe AHCA BJ8 Registry in 1998. I realized that the healeys=
=0Alist was a key tool in making contact with BJ8 owners around the=0Awo=
rld so that the registry could document the details and history=0Aof the=
ir cars, which today has grown to include more than 54% of=0Atotal BJ8 p=
roduction (9,575 of 17,712 cars built).</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>I=
t's true that activity on the list seems much less now than=0Awhen I bec=
ame a member. Many of the earlier members=0Ahave passed on o=
r have aged out and sold their cars. So many=0Adifferent "lists" l=
ike Facebook, ahexp.com, British Car Forum are=0Agood in some ways, maki=
ng it possible for Healey owners to choose=0Atheir source for Healey inf=
ormation; but I believe they also=0Adilute the overall benefit to=
the communities. Healeys@autox.team.net is still the only one tha=
t I follow daily.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve Byers</div><div>HBJ8L/3=
6666</div><div>BJ8 Registry</div><div>AHCA Delegate at Large</div><div>H=
avelock, NC USA<br><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div>=
=0A<p>-----------------------------------------</p>=0AFrom: "Mark J Brad=
akis via Healeys"<br>=0ATo: "healeys@autox.team.net"<br>=0ACc:<br>=0ASen=
t: Sunday April 11 2021 9:02:06AM<br>=0ASubject: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 d=
ecades<br><br>=0AOn this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being. =
; The=0ABritish-cars<br>=0Amailing list was already going strong, an off=
shoot from rec.autos=0AUsenet<br>=0Agroup. Dale Cook, Jim Muller,=
then me. Team.net went from 2=0Alists at<br>=0Athe beginning, autox and=
british-cars, and exploded into nearly=0A70<br>=0Adifferent lists with=
something like 15,000 individuals subscribed=0Aat its<br>=0Apeak. =
For a while it was pretty much the only game in=0Atown. As I<br>=
=0Arecall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th=0AAnniversary=
<br>=0Aevent, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the=
=0Aautox list.<br><br>=0AAnd it amazes me that with such a scatterbraine=
d procrastinator=0Alike me<br>=0Abehind the curtain it is still on the a=
ir. It is a lot quieter=0Athese<br>=0Adays, much better software handle=
many of the janitorial tasks<br>=0Aautomatically. Back in the beg=
inning, I had to do=0A*everything* by hand,<br>=0Aso to speak. Subscribe=
s, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10,=0A15, 20<br>=0Ahours a week=
maintaining the server. The first server had a=0A100 MHz<br>=0Apr=
ocessor. Things have changed. Back then just having a=0Afast=
network<br>=0Aconnection at a residence was rare and expensive. G=
ood old=0ADSL. I<br>=0Aremember that time when my service provider=
went belly up, and team=0Anet<br>=0Awas off the air for 11 days straigh=
t. I don't miss those days=0Aat all.<br><br>=0AAnyway, happy birth=
day to those of you still here. I hope I=0Acan<br>=0Acontinue to p=
rovide a useful service for years to come.<br><br>=0Amjb.<br><br><br><br=
></div></body></html>
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