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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MISSING: System 7
Message-ID: <52873@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 May 91 21:49:42 GMT
References: <1991May14.032308.7581@cbnewsj.att.com> <1991May14.052430.10094@newshost.anu.edu.au> <4c=sWYe00WBNI3hLRA@andrew.cmu.edu>
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In article <4c=sWYe00WBNI3hLRA@andrew.cmu.edu> mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Tod Rose) writes:
>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. :->
>

Actually, the IIx is not the problem...it is performing well for what it is,
but it was the OS side that needed tweaking...it could not handle the 30 ftp
processes a minute it was getting with the configuration it had...

The machine is down for the moment and will hopefully be back up and fully
enabled this evening.  Thanks for your patience.

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