Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy, 
WI where it should be very happy in its new home.  There was no time 
today to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run, 
but I'm sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.

A little shoebox full of vacation photos:

http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/

Duncan

Duncan Brown wrote:
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy


Congratulations on your new adopted baby. May this new bundle of joy
bring you and the community many hours of hassle free computing !!!!


As a side note, I think a big thank you should still go to the former
maintainer. Just because his/her tenure as Eisner manager didn't end
seamlessly doesn't preclude the fact that he/she/it did maintain the
system for a number of years as a volunter.

On Mar 14, 2:32=A0pm, Duncan Brown <brown...@eisner.decus.org> wrote:
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey
> today. =A0I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy=
,
> WI where it should be very happy in its new home. =A0There was no time
> today to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run,
> but I'm sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.
>
> A little shoebox full of vacation photos:
>
> http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/
>
> Duncan

Very good! Nice touch to see those pictures. Thanks. Hein.

Duncan Brown wrote:
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
> today.

Fantastic!   Thank you very much for your efforts.
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to
assist.

Alan

In article <GuednTNSfcRDnSHUnZ2dnUVZ_umcnZ2d@supernews.com>, Alan Frisbie <Usenet02_REMOVE@Flying-Disk.com> writes:
>Duncan Brown wrote:
>> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
>> today.
>
>Fantastic!   Thank you very much for your efforts.
>Please let me know if there is anything I can do to
>assist.

Same here.  However, I didn't know Eisner was moving house.  Last I'd
heard, there was no communications from Stephen.  Let us know when you
have Eisner back up and internet accessible. 

Let's get rid of the RAID and get HBVS running too.  I've never liked
the idea of having to take the machine down, muck with SRM/ARC, and a
PeeCee BIOS looking RAID mgt utility.
 
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"Duncan Brown" <brown_du@eisner.decus.org> wrote in message 
news:grWdnUGRXrqnZSbUnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy, 
> WI where it should be very happy in its new home.  There was no time today 
> to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run, but I'm 
> sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.
>
> A little shoebox full of vacation photos:
>
> http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/
>
> Duncan

The relocation was to WCF Associates, accepting Bill Norton's generous 
offers.

Duncan had previously offered to pick up the hardware and move it, and had 
attempted to coordinate with Steve.

George Cornelius was instrumental in getting this moving.  George traveled 
to Fitchburg, eventually (the next evening) spoke to Steve, and subsequently 
"stuff happened".

Although relocating the system to Troy was the easier alternative, we may 
(eventually) accept Alan Frisbie's offer to arrange a backup site in Los 
Angeles.

And, I will also note that the pictures constitute the first time I have 
actually "seen" the system 

On 2009-03-14, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> Duncan Brown wrote:
>> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
>> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy
>

I liked the photos. Thanks for posting them.

>
> As a side note, I think a big thank you should still go to the former
> maintainer. Just because his/her tenure as Eisner manager didn't end
> seamlessly doesn't preclude the fact that he/she/it did maintain the
> system for a number of years as a volunter.

I totally agree with this.

I'll take this opportunity to thank Steve for the years that he's run
Eisner and for all the time and resources he's spent managing it.

Simon.

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In article <00A88850.55C733EF@sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> 
>                                                   Let us know when you
> have Eisner back up and internet accessible. 
> 

Yes, please do.  So I can stand with hat in hand as I beg for an
account myslef.

bill

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DeCoy wrote:
> "Duncan Brown" <brown_du@eisner.decus.org> wrote in message 
> news:grWdnUGRXrqnZSbUnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@speakeasy.net...
>> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
>> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy, 
>> WI where it should be very happy in its new home.  There was no time today 
>> to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run, but I'm 
>> sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.
>>
>> A little shoebox full of vacation photos:
>>
>> http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/
>>
>> Duncan
> 
> The relocation was to WCF Associates, accepting Bill Norton's generous 
> offers.
> 
> Duncan had previously offered to pick up the hardware and move it, and had 
> attempted to coordinate with Steve.
> 
> George Cornelius was instrumental in getting this moving.  George traveled 
> to Fitchburg, eventually (the next evening) spoke to Steve, and subsequently 
> "stuff happened".
> 
> Although relocating the system to Troy was the easier alternative, we may 
> (eventually) accept Alan Frisbie's offer to arrange a backup site in Los 
> Angeles.
> 
> And, I will also note that the pictures constitute the first time I have 
> actually "seen" the system 
> 
> 
good. Additionally I have sent 2 full sets of the sigtape materials to 
folks interested in making them available; hope they will announce soon
that they are.

glenn everhart

In article <grWdnUGRXrqnZSbUnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@speakeasy.net>, Duncan Brown <brown_du@eisner.decus.org> writes:
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy, 
> WI where it should be very happy in its new home.  There was no time 
> today to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run, 
> but I'm sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.

If you are going to keep the RAID setup, I have a 3-channel KZPAC in
a system we took out of service today.  It has the write back cache
battery which is still fully charged, and its firmware is the latest
version.  I can pay the shipping.


George Cook
WVNET 

In article <grWdnUGRXrqnZSbUnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@speakeasy.net>,
 Duncan Brown <brown_du@eisner.decus.org> wrote:

> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy, 
> WI where it should be very happy in its new home.  There was no time 
> today to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run, 
> but I'm sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.
> 
> A little shoebox full of vacation photos:
> 
> http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/
> 

Thanks very much Duncan.

-- 
Paul Sture

On Mar 14, 1:32=A0pm, Duncan Brown <brown...@eisner.decus.org> wrote:
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey
> today. =A0I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy=
,
> WI where it should be very happy in its new home. =A0There was no time
> today to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run,
> but I'm sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.
>
> A little shoebox full of vacation photos:
>
> http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/
>
> Duncan

East Troy !! Love going there for the rail museum and the dinner
train, especially during the autum season.  We took the last dinner
train in 2008 and look forward to our '09 visit.

Also like camp Timber Lee down the road a piece.  Our kids have fond
memories of the place.

Sorry - now back to Eisner / VMS business.

Thanks for the update.

Duncan Brown wrote:
> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey 
> today.  I picked it up in Fitchburg, WI and hauled it over to East Troy, 
> WI where it should be very happy in its new home.  There was no time 
> today to set it up and troubleshoot it; it was purely unload-and-run, 
> but I'm sure Bill will be able to bring it back to life in short order.

Great work, Duncan!  Sorry I could not have been there to help, but it
made a lot of sense for you to be doing it because of your geographic
location and because you had done the coordination with Bill.

I'm just happy I could help in a small way by getting some channels
of communications open.


> A little shoebox full of vacation photos:
> 
> http://backglass.org/duncan/eisner_holiday/

Very nice.

George

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:32:25 -0500, Duncan Brown wrote:

> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey
> today.  

Any progress updates???

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On 2009-03-24, Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:32:25 -0500, Duncan Brown wrote:
>
>> Eisner is not back online yet, but it made its first leg of that journey
>> today.  
>
> Any progress updates???
>

On the mailing list, the status updates are starting to look encouraging. :-)

Simon.

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On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:50 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:

> On the mailing list, the status updates are starting to look
> encouraging. :-)

Mailing list?  I must have missed a post somewhere along the line...

Bruce

On 2009-03-26, Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:50 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>> On the mailing list, the status updates are starting to look
>> encouraging. :-)
>
> Mailing list?  I must have missed a post somewhere along the line...
>
> Bruce

Everyone who mailed Steve Arnold when Eisner went offline was placed on
a mailing list which he is hosting.

Other than trying to mail Steve, I've no idea about how you might go
about getting on the mailing list.

Simon.

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Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> writes,
quoting Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>:

> > Mailing list?  I must have missed a post somewhere along the line...
> 
> Everyone who mailed Steve Arnold when Eisner went offline was placed on
> a mailing list which he is hosting.
> 
> Other than trying to mail Steve, I've no idea about how you might go
> about getting on the mailing list.

I haven't actually tested this, but sending a letter to
Eisner-request@Arnold.COM with

  SUBSCRIBE Eisner [optional different email address]

in the body (no subject necessary) should do it.  If your user agent
appends a signature, then do this -

  SUBSCRIBE Eisner [...]
  END

to prevent it from being taken as commands.

You will get a confirmation reply; you must confirm to subscribe.

That said, Eisner is currently up and reachable at <67.53.90.116>,
although work on it is still in progress.

Billy Y..

billy@MIX.COM wrote:
> Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> writes,
> quoting Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>:
> 
>>> Mailing list?  I must have missed a post somewhere along the line...
>> Everyone who mailed Steve Arnold when Eisner went offline was placed on
>> a mailing list which he is hosting.
>>
>> Other than trying to mail Steve, I've no idea about how you might go
>> about getting on the mailing list.
> 
> I haven't actually tested this, but sending a letter to
> Eisner-request@Arnold.COM with
> 
>   SUBSCRIBE Eisner [optional different email address]
> 
> in the body (no subject necessary) should do it.  If your user agent
> appends a signature, then do this -
> 
>   SUBSCRIBE Eisner [...]
>   END
> 
> to prevent it from being taken as commands.
> 
> You will get a confirmation reply; you must confirm to subscribe.
> 
> That said, Eisner is currently up and reachable at <67.53.90.116>,
> although work on it is still in progress.
> 
> Billy Y..
?
Responds to ping and telnet
Well done and thanks to all concerned!

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On Mar 31, 10:53=A0am, bi...@MIX.COM wrote:
> Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> writes,
:
>
> That said, Eisner is currently up and reachable at <67.53.90.116>,
> although work on it is still in progress.
>
> Billy Y..


Yeah! It's back, and I still remembered my pasword
I'm logged in and can see my old files.

Super!
Hein

Hein, Nashua NH wrote:

> Yeah! It's back, and I still remembered my pasword
> I'm logged in and can see my old files.


For those who have seen this saga from afar (c.o.v.), was the disk array
repaired, or was disk storage rebuilt from backup ?

">
> That said, Eisner is currently up and reachable at <67.53.90.116>,
> although work on it is still in progress.
>
> Billy Y..

Please remember that work is still going on, and not all functions are 
available (yet).

The system may be rebooted (or taken offline for a while) without notice.

And, if your account has expired - just read the login message, which 
essentially says:

To renew your account, log in as user REGISTRATION, and supply your 
DECUS/DECUServe registration number.

[If you don't remember what that is, send email to me and I'll find it for 
you]

dale

    at domain    thecoys.net

In article <3lBAl.3326$im1.2348@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>,
	"DeCoy" <daleecoy@obfuscation.att.net> writes:
> 
> And, if your account has expired - just read the login message, which 
> essentially says:
> 
> To renew your account, log in as user REGISTRATION, and supply your 
> DECUS/DECUServe registration number.
> 

Does this apply to people who did not have an account int he past but would
like one now?

> [If you don't remember what that is, send email to me and I'll find it for 
> you]

I know I have a DECUS ID card on my desk somewhere I assume that is the
number you are looking for.

bill

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"Bill Gunshannon" <billg999@cs.uofs.edu> wrote in message 
news:73h5rcFum7c7U1@mid.individual.net...
> In article <3lBAl.3326$im1.2348@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> "DeCoy" <daleecoy@obfuscation.att.net> writes:
>>
>> And, if your account has expired - just read the login message, which
>> essentially says:
>>
>> To renew your account, log in as user REGISTRATION, and supply your
>> DECUS/DECUServe registration number.
>>
>
> Does this apply to people who did not have an account int he past but 
> would
> like one now?

Well, "sorta".

Reading the login message _applies_.

When you do that, you'll see that it says to log in as REGISTRATION.  If you 
don't already have account, just follow the subsequent directions.  A 
"DECUServe Number" will be assigned.

In article <kfLAl.22480$c45.6364@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
	"DeCoy" <daleecoy@obfuscation.att.net> writes:
> 
> "Bill Gunshannon" <billg999@cs.uofs.edu> wrote in message 
> news:73h5rcFum7c7U1@mid.individual.net...
>> In article <3lBAl.3326$im1.2348@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>,
>> "DeCoy" <daleecoy@obfuscation.att.net> writes:
>>>
>>> And, if your account has expired - just read the login message, which
>>> essentially says:
>>>
>>> To renew your account, log in as user REGISTRATION, and supply your
>>> DECUS/DECUServe registration number.
>>>
>>
>> Does this apply to people who did not have an account int he past but 
>> would
>> like one now?
> 
> Well, "sorta".
> 
> Reading the login message _applies_.
> 
> When you do that, you'll see that it says to log in as REGISTRATION.  If you 
> don't already have account, just follow the subsequent directions.  A 
> "DECUServe Number" will be assigned.


Thank you.  I will give it a try later when I get done putting out all
the fires.  :-)

bill

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