🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1993Mar3.190609.1@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>, awalton@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:
> 
> History time .. (80+ lines to follow from fading memory for the interested...)
> 
>         Following a long association with office-1.arpa (yes, a wonderful
>         DECsystem-10 runing TENEX ?) connecting to it using X.25 (real-quick
>         mode!), DSTO became addicted to the Internet. 

> Months before (since we did have an idea office-1 would go), DSTO
> decided to purchase the incredible computing power of a MicroVAX II
> with 9MB RAM, 300MB of disk running Ultrix V2.2. ACSnet was installed
> and fang.dsto.oz was operational. Connectivity to the world was via
> a 1200bps dial-up modem, hourly dialup to augean.ua.oz, a *real* VAX
> (11/780 running 4.2BSD).

Actually there was an interim situation where McDD very kindly allowed us use
of a MicroVAX on the Internet.  Access was also by X.25. 

> With all this increased bandwidth, we decided to complete the example
> of how *not* to to run an ACSnet system. Yes, we started the newsfeed.
> fang was turned into an NNTP server (in the days when you could keep
> 20 days of news in a 150MB /var/spool partition!). Then the quarterly
> Austpac bill arrived..

As I recall, the bill quickly reached a peak of around $3.5K per month.  Just 
as quickly, we decided to get off Austpac.

> Cheers
> Andrew
> (at least I didnt mention the ACSnet feed to 2 Unison's...)

I'm sure glad you didn't mention that...

Regards,

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