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Thanks Mark,
I remember Team.net not looking ng after it started. My only access was
"illegally" at work. Didn't start on the listservs until I got my computer
in the late nineties.
Team.net was the first wave in the internet really changing the way we
accessed info about British cars. An old friend and I still marvel at the
things we did "without blowing anything up" before you could go on a
listserv or forum and ask for advice.
If you ever still go to the SCCA solo nationals let me know, I will buy you
a beer, it is in my hometown these days.
Greg Lemon
TR250
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 8:00 AM Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
> On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being. The British-cars
> mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet
> group. Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at
> the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70
> different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its
> peak. For a while it was pretty much the only game in town. As I
> recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary
> event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.
>
> And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me
> behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these
> days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks
> automatically. Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand,
> so to speak. Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15,
> 20 hours a week maintaining the server. The first server had a 100 MHz
> processor. Things have changed. Back then just having a fast network
> connection at a residence was rare and expensive. Good old DSL. I
> remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net
> was off the air for 11 days straight. I don't miss those days at all.
>
> Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here. I hope I can
> continue to provide a useful service for years to come.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks Mark,<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"=
>I remember Team.net not looking ng after it started.=C2=A0 My only access =
was "illegally" at work.=C2=A0 Didn't start on the listservs =
until I got my computer in the late nineties.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"=
auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Team.net was the first wave in the intern=
et really changing the way we accessed info about British cars.=C2=A0 An ol=
d friend and I still marvel at the things we did "without blowing anyt=
hing up" before you could go on a listserv or forum and ask for advice=
.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">If you ever still go t=
o the SCCA solo nationals let me know, I will buy you a beer, it is in my h=
ometown these days.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Greg=
Lemon</div><div dir=3D"auto">TR250</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 8:00 AM Mark=
J Bradakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark@bradakis.com";>mark@bradakis.com</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On this day 30 years ago=
Team.Net came into being.=C2=A0 The British-cars <br>
mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet <b=
r>
group.=C2=A0 Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at =
<br>
the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70 <br>
different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its <b=
r>
peak.=C2=A0 For a while it was pretty much the only game in town.=C2=A0 As =
I <br>
recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary <br>
event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.=
<br>
<br>
And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me <br=
>
behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these <br>
days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks <br>
automatically.=C2=A0 Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by han=
d, <br>
so to speak.=C2=A0 Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15,=
<br>
20 hours a week maintaining the server.=C2=A0 The first server had a 100 MH=
z <br>
processor.=C2=A0 Things have changed.=C2=A0 Back then just having a fast ne=
twork <br>
connection at a residence was rare and expensive.=C2=A0 Good old DSL.=C2=A0=
I <br>
remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net <br=
>
was off the air for 11 days straight.=C2=A0 I don't miss those days at =
all.<br>
<br>
Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.=C2=A0 I hope I can <br>
continue to provide a useful service for years to come.<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
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