SCSI FTW. Especially when real multithreaded OS's with ASYNC I/O hit.
-sc From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server Micron PC had a tough time filling the order for 2 of those dev systems. I also ordered them with 21inch CRTs which were very expensive in 94. Me and my other dev guy really liked those boxes. They were also all SCSI. Scsi hds scsi cd scsi tape scsi jaz drives scsi zip drives. They were really nice dev boxes. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone Erik Goldoff wrote: wow ... as long as we're strolling down memory lane, remember the Compaq SystemPro ? Had an original in 1990/1991, it came with 8mb of RAM but we upgraded it to 12mb total before installing Netware, we did have 8 210mb drives with the IDA RAID controller :) 128mb then, just WOW , you were world class :) On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: Indeed it was. In that time frame I had a dual Pentium 90Mhz box w/ 128MB of RAM and a pair of external 340MB SCSI HDD's striped together In addition to a pair of internal drives. People I talked to at the time said "Wait... you have TWO CPU's in your computer?? And over a _GIG_ of disk?" It was my PDC, File, Print, WINS, RAS/NAT (using ISDN w/ dynamic B-channel bonding for up to 128KBps!) and workstation all rolled in to one. It printed to an Apple LaserWriter via a Daystar Digital Appletalk card (supported by NT out of the box!). Good times. -sc From: Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server Wow 128mb was hardcore in 1994! /tiphat! ________________________________ From: Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:09 AM Subject: Re: recommendations on home server IBM PC Network stuff[1]. Later I ran just about every PC based networking product that ever came out. I stopped running servers when Desqview came out. Desqview allowed me to test my networking code without having to have a network. When IBM OS/2 came out, I switched to it for all my dev work. WIth 8MB of RAM and a 17" monitor, I could do some amazing dev work. In 1994, I was doing so much dev work I ran multiple physical servers: NetWare, NT 3.1/3.5/3.51, OS/2 and several others. System Commander allowed me to run multiple client OSs on my main dev box (dual Pentium Pro with 128MB RAM). Good times back then writing Assembler, C, COBOL, multiple variants of BASIC, every variant of dBASE and really got into Crystal Reports dev work. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> 1. I come from an IBM Mainframe background so IBM ruled my world then. From: "scaes...@caesare.com" <scaes...@caesare.com> Subject: RE: recommendations on home server Nice... what were you using to run it as a server? -sc From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server I'll raise your 1994 to 1985 and my blazing fast IBM PC-AT at 6MHz with 1MB RAM and TWO 20MB hard drives! :) My fellow programmers called me nuts to have so much RAM and storage space. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: "scaes...@caesare.com" <scaes...@caesare.com> Subject: RE: recommendations on home server > (I've been running a server at home since 2001) I'll see your 2001, and raise you a 1994. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
