Sure, Peter! The hardware hasn't changed. It's still a simple, first generation G4 Mac Mini. It was running the client version of OS X 10.4, with some add-on programs (mainly from MacPorts) to make it act as a server. Unfortunately, Apple security patches were starting to break things, like email & spam filtering. So it was getting a bit hard to maintain. So I obtained the server version of 10.4, which pretty much works out of the box. Now we're running a nice, clean server install that should extend the service life of the hardware - for as long as 10.4 is supported, anyway. The transfer went pretty smoothly - the toughest job was getting Phono-L to play nicely with the new email system.
You might ask why I stuck with 10.4 rather than upgrade to the current 10.5... hardware limitations. 10.5 is just too much to lift on the G4. So there you go, in a nutshell! Loran On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Peter Fraser <pjfra...@alamedanet.net>wrote: > care to let us know the hardware and software details of the new server? > > > On Nov 11, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Loran Hughes wrote: > > Thanks for your patience, folks. I've still got a few things to bring back >> on line, such as the Phono-L home page and the chat room. But it's been a >> long day, so it's "Miller time!" I'll be back at it tomorrow. >> >> Regards, >> Loran >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > From pjfra...@alamedanet.net Wed Nov 12 09:32:44 2008 From: pjfra...@alamedanet.net (Peter Fraser) Date: Wed Nov 12 09:33:12 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] We're Back! In-Reply-To: <998dac550811120913y686c2d1et54a7a2014779a...@mail.gmail.com> References: <45e10ce4-5cfb-48c5-bfd1-0e25e20e1...@oldcrank.com> <bc0a94c8-88e5-4d3e-a284-85ed5e96e...@alamedanet.net> <998dac550811120913y686c2d1et54a7a2014779a...@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1aea4cc4-1741-4d90-9078-1d4b3240a...@alamedanet.net> Nice! Our cute li'l mac mini is permanently hooked up to the big LCD tv and acts as a media server with 1TB of movies pix and music, as well as being a Internet device with a 42" monitor. What's macports? Sent from my iPhone -- Peter pjfra...@mac.com On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:13 AM, "Loran T. Hughes" <lo...@oldcrank.com> wrote: > Sure, Peter! The hardware hasn't changed. It's still a simple, first > generation G4 Mac Mini. It was running the client version of OS X > 10.4, with > some add-on programs (mainly from MacPorts) to make it act as a > server. > Unfortunately, Apple security patches were starting to break things, > like > email & spam filtering. So it was getting a bit hard to maintain. > So I obtained the server version of 10.4, which pretty much works > out of the > box. Now we're running a nice, clean server install that should > extend the > service life of the hardware - for as long as 10.4 is supported, > anyway. The > transfer went pretty smoothly - the toughest job was getting Phono-L > to play > nicely with the new email system. > > You might ask why I stuck with 10.4 rather than upgrade to the current > 10.5... hardware limitations. 10.5 is just too much to lift on the G4. > > So there you go, in a nutshell! > Loran > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Peter Fraser <pjfra...@alamedanet.net > >wrote: > >> care to let us know the hardware and software details of the new >> server? >> >> >> On Nov 11, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Loran Hughes wrote: >> >> Thanks for your patience, folks. I've still got a few things to >> bring back >>> on line, such as the Phono-L home page and the chat room. But it's >>> been a >>> long day, so it's "Miller time!" I'll be back at it tomorrow. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Loran >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From ediso...@verizon.net Wed Nov 12 09:40:45 2008 From: ediso...@verizon.net (DanKj) Date: Wed Nov 12 09:41:10 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Edison vs Tesla References: <d5e.3a8b2084.364ba...@aol.com> Message-ID: <b072038f53ee4fc8ae8e651a327fd...@new> "The History Channel" is running yet another mis-informed story about the alleged "feud" between Tesla and Edison. "Edison hated Tesla, Tesla was cheated", blah blah blah. The reality is that both of them hardly ever mentioned the other, and when each had a disaster, the other responded with kindness. When Tesla's lab burned to the ground, he was invited to bring his work to the Edison lab in NJ - and he accepted. When Edison had a huge fire in 1914, Tesla sent a messsage of sympathy. Hate? Hardly. The whole "feud" business is a conflation of the brief "war of the currents" between Edison's system and Westinghouse. Westinghouse bought many Tesla patents (which required a great deal of Westinghouse work to make practical) , thus the confusion. Once Edison got out of the electricity generation business, there was no conflict. Both Tesla and Edison were brilliant, great men, but making them into petulant, battling children diminishes both. They had their strengths and weaknesses, as do we all.
