Hi Folks,
Please abstain from using both the TML PBEM Aliases, and the
sunbane.engrg.uwo.ca TML ftp archive sites, until at least noon
Thursday, February 20th, 1992. The CAT mailing list ([email removed]),
on the other hand, is okay - please feel free to use it.
An entire hard disk has gone very flaky at the UWO TML Archive/PBEM
Aliases site. Dan Corrin, our accomodating Systems Administration
contact at UWO, has temporarily got the disk online again, but it is
spitting out drive errors left and right, so he is going to pack it up
and ship it off today for repair.
Barring any unforseen circumstances, it should be back the middle of
next week and normal service will be restored by Thursday. If those
circumstances do happen, it could be a little longer than that.
I can say from experience that hardware failures frequently turn nice,
friendly computer systems folk into gruff, testy computer triage
specialists. The users get demanding: Chicken Little with an attitude.
Dan has been admirably patient and accomodating despite this -- Thanks!
I think we should all view this as an opportunity to relax and
contemplate the non-PBEM aspects of our lives. It is Valentine's Day
after all :-).
Thanks all,
James
PBEM alias admin
TML list admin
Email scatologist