RE: *** ADMIN: Back on the air

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>My 2 cents,
 ... or 10 dollars, for that matter!  <g>

The response so far has been great!  In less than an hour, I have heard
of several commitments totalling just under $100.  I hesitate mentioning
that, cuz some of you may be inclined to think that everybody else is
pitching in, so therefore you don't need to.  What if everyone thought
that?

The address to send contributions can be found at
http://www.midrange.com/contributions.htm but I am including it here for
everyone's convenience:

    MIDRANGE dot COM
    c/o David Gibbs
    P.O. Box 957511
    Hoffman Estates, IL 60195-7511

No mention is made on that page as to whom the check should be made out
to, but I imagine that David does not have a bank account in the
"MIDRANGE dot COM" name, so I made the check out to David Gibbs.  Those
of you for whom mailing a check is difficult may also use the PayPal
link (which I also found on the contributions page:
https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=david@midrange.com

Also, those of you who are receiving this email:  Please see if you're
subscribing to any other midrange.com lists that are not in the To: list
of this email.  I know there are about 15 other lists that I don't
subscribe to.  Please forward my original post on this subject and this
post to those lists as well.  Thanks!

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Wright [SMTP:dwright@celsinc.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:30 AM
> To:   Bale, Dan; 'midrange-l@midrange.com'; 'rpg400-l@midrange.com';
> 'Security400@midrange.com'; 'mi400@midrange.com';
> 'ISN-Citizens@midrange.com'; 'MIDRANGE-JOBS@midrange.com';
> 'midrange-nontech@midrange.com'; 'midrange-nontech@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: *** ADMIN: Back on the air
>
> Good Morning All!
>
> Great work Dan...
>
> When I think of the hours of work these lists have saved me over the
> past
> few years, I could not imagine NOT having them around.  Not sure how
> anyone
> else values their time, but I personally know this list has saved my
> butt
> more than a few times ...
>
> Anyhow, I have matched Dan's donation, and would like to encourage
> everyone
> to do what they can to help.
>
> I would pay for this service if I had to, so why not pay to keep it
> free?
>
> My 2 cents,
> David Wright
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bale, Dan [mailto:Dan.Bale@handleman.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:09 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com; rpg400-l@midrange.com;
> Security400@midrange.com; mi400@midrange.com;
> ISN-Citizens@midrange.com;
> MIDRANGE-JOBS@midrange.com; midrange-nontech@midrange.com;
> midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: *** ADMIN: Back on the air
>
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> Esteemed Ladies & Gentlemen of the midrange.com lists:
>
> In my private email posts with David, I have come to learn the
> following:
>
> * Revenues that David depends on to run midrange.com are not meeting
> current expenses and projected expenses necessary to keep midrange.com
> operating on a reliable basis.  The web site's banner advertising
> "never
> took off" and "book sales have dropped off severely".
> * By saying "operating on a reliable basis", I mean that, currently,
> these high-volume lists are running from old, long-serving hardware.
> Sooner or later (probably sooner), that hardware will have to be
> replaced.
> * It should come as no surprise to anybody that a PC hard drive could
> fail without a moment's notice.  Reliability could be vastly improved
> by
> upgrading to a RAID controller and a pair of hard drives.
> * There are approximately 900 subscribers to Midrange-L.  I didn't get
> numbers for the other lists.
>
> Therefore, WITHOUT DAVID'S KNOWLEDGE OR PERMISSION, I am asking all of
> you who have not already donated and have realized ANY benefit from
> the
> existence of these lists (don't forget the archives, the FAQs, etc.),
> to
> please consider making a donation.  $1 (ONE stinkin' little DOLLAR)
> from
> each subscriber would go a LONG way to secure a more reliable list
> server which, quite frankly, I have come to depend on in many
> circumstances.  To make a donation, please visit
> http://www.midrange.com/contributions.htm for a mailing address, or
> for
> a link to PayPal.  It is interesting to note that I basically had to
> drag this link out of David, and the link is nowhere to be found on
> the
> home page.  I think David really, REALLY has a hard time asking for
> funding help.
>
> My check for $10 is in the mail.
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       David Gibbs [SMTP:david@midrange.com]
> > Sent:       Friday, October 26, 2001 8:41 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject:    *** ADMIN: Back on the air
> >
> > Ok folks, I think we're back online.
> >
> > Here's the upshot ... boot drive on my linux system failed
> > completely.  Unforunately, there was no warning ... so I couldn't
> get
> > things transferred over before the failure happened.
> >
> > I think all the tape backup had everything that is necessary ... but
> > not
> > all the system stuff.  I ended up upgrading to redhat 7.2 in order
> to
> > get
> > things working.
> >
> > My plan is to get another 20gb hard drive and setup a mirrored set
> ...
> > so
> > that if I have another drive failure, it won't impact as much.  I'm
> > also
> > keeping everything on a single drive so it's easier to fix in the
> > future (I
> > used to put the operating system on one drive, data on another ...
> > unfortunately, this caused some headaches).
> >
> > We'll see how things go for the next few days.
> >
> > david