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From: mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MISSING: System 7
Message-ID: <4c=sWYe00WBNI3hLRA@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 14 May 91 06:50:12 GMT
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Mark Johnson's post explaining the temporary demise of ftp.apple.com is
on comp.sys.mac.programmer.

In a nutshell: He got it (the disk images) on at approx 3 am yesterday
PST. People saw it, they went nuts, and before he could set the
protections to allow for transfers, the machine went down. This happened
several times, so the site is now down for at least a few more hours so
that they can install software and possibly hardware upgrades. He will
post to .mac.programmer and comp.sys.mac.announce when the site comes
back up.

Funny side note: I first heard about ftp.apple.com a few days ago, and
when I took a look around I noticed Mark's README file. The quote that
stuck in my mind was, "Firm believers in using our own technology, the
server is a Mac IIx running A/UX." He went on to say that any IIfx
upgrade offers would be "pleasantly [sic] accepted."

What ran through my mind (and probably all of yours, too -- hindsight
being 20/20) when I saw that was, "Boy -- that machine isn't long for
this world." What chance did a mere IIx have with 6 meg file sets
against hundreds or *thousands* of determined FTPers?

I wonder if it actually started smoking, or if it just quietly expired. :->

-mike
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Michael T. Rose    mr2t@andrew.cmu.edu	                 1069 Morewood Avenue
"We couldn't feel any better if we had money to burn    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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