[HECnet] All gone silent

[Dave McGuire]

On 8/16/21 5:55 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>    No doubt.  But I think those that aren't peoples' houses will likely
>> be in the same boat as Update, i.e. dependent upon the good graces of an
>> organization that may withdraw support at any time.  That's a tough
>> problem to solve.  Just keep it in mind.  I know of NO other complete
>> VAX 8650s anywhere else.
> 
> Yeah. I don't know of any other operational 8650s either. We have two,
> but the second one have a couple of things (well, just one - the fan)
> that would need fixing to run it.

  That sounds doable.

> But who is not dependent on the good graces of others?

  LSSM isn't.  I own the building and the property.  Its financial
survival is dependent upon its donors, but there are a lot of them,
affording a degree of redundancy.

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA