Re: FTJava new server hardware purchase

[Jon Davis <davisje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indy wrote:

>Jon Davis wrote:
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>>Hi all,
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>>After all the near misses with the old FTJava server laptop,
>>it's time to retire it.  The battery has long died and I have to
>>update the clock hourly with a query to the NIST time server.
>>It'll hang periodically and disrupt your game play.
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>>I've purchased a new server laptop that I'll be getting by next
>>weekend.  It's a Toshiba Tecra 8100, 700 MHz, 256MB, and
>>12 GB hard drive.  This will greatly improve the hardware reliability
>>issues with the FTJava server and it will allow me to update the
>>code more rapidly.
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>>Once I get the new laptop, I'll be backing up the current games
>>and installing them on the new server, so there will be some
>>server downtime.  I'll let you know when I make the transition.
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>Wow, thanks, Jon. How much is all this running you?
>
>Mk
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Hey Mark,

It was bought via an eBay auction for about $325.  You can click
on the link to see photos.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6776455449

Jon