Richard, Yes, the iron russ and dies, but the server name lives forever. The rackety.udel.edu server here has outlived the LSI-11 and generations of SPARC and Intel processors.
Dave Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > David L. Mills wrote: > >> Gushi, >> >> Bitsy.mit.edu is alive, but not running NTP for whatever reason. >> >> Bitsy.udel.edu was among the first public timetellers in the world, >> including clepsydra.decwrl.com and fuzzball dcn1.arpa (128.4.1.1). >> They first chimed circa 1984. Of the three, only 128.4.1.1 has public >> chime, but now a Pentium called rackety.udel.edu. >> >> Dave >> >> Gushi wrote: >> >>> On Aug 14, 7:29 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Gushi wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> >>>>> I've frequently used the venerable old standby "bitsy.mit.edu" as an >>>>> NTP server -- it had an easy to remember name, and was more "neutral" >>>>> than time.windows.com or something similar. I also recall that it had >>>>> a fairly open access policy, and over time I had committed the IP >>>>> address (18.72.0.3) to memory. >>>> >>>> >>>>> At the current time (no pun intended) I'm unable to get any NTP data >>>>> from it, and it's not on any of the lists -- has it been retired or >>>>> shuffled off? Or am I just crazy? >>>> >>>> >>>>> -Dan Mahoney >>>> >>>> >>>> The fact that it's not on any of the lists suggests that it's not a >>>> public server! The fact that you can't get any response to an NTP >>>> query >>>> suggests that it's not running ntpd. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for the tier-one diagnostic there. >>> >>> My hope was more to hear from people who had "gotten a memo" that I >>> had missed about its retirement, or possibly even hear from an MIT >>> admin who might have been able to answer. I had previously (for about >>> ten years) gotten valid ntp responses from that server. > > > Ten years is about three lifetimes in computer years. You can keep an > old box running for longer but many people don't run them even that long! > > Sooner or later you get to the point where the poor old thing can't run > something you want to run; the applications you need, need more RAM than > the box will hold or need more CPU cycles than the box can do. Then > it's a paper weight or a door stop! > > Bitsy may have found a place in the Computer History Museum. Or maybe a > place in a dumpster. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
