Congratulations Mark! Thank you for providing us with Team.Net for 34
years! I've been a member for at least 25 of those years (maybe more, I
can't recall when I signed up).
You have been a stupendous asset to the community and have done us all a
great service.
Thanks also for the reminder about donations. I had neglected that for too
long. Donation made.
Dave MacKay
1960 Triumph TR3A s/n 68639
near Toronto, Canada
>Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:13:58 -0600
>From: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
>Subject: [TR] Happy Birthday!
>
>On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain. 34 years ago, how
time flies! Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars.
>My, things have changed. At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think,
stemming from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey,
etc lists. And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and Bricklin
and ... you get the idea.
>
>While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the
early days, there are still just over 30 lists. About half a dozen of
these see daily, or almost daily, traffic. Some see hardly any use at
all. Back in the mid nineties, the autox list >would see like a thousand
messages in August, leading up to the Nationals. I think the one and only
year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team Net. Lost
track of how many stickers I sold. Still have a few somewhere in my
>office.
>
>As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the line,
with a 120 MHz processor. Attached is the label for that box. Cost me
>$2,500. See the photo for the specs :-) Actually, it didn't cost ME
>much money. Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser. Back then,
having an internet connection at home was not cheap. I think I raised
like $3,000 which got us started down this trail.
>
>Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a thing
of the past. When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, they visit
>
>Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of effort.
>Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week dealing
with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so on.
>All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of
Fame. That was nice.
>
>And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able.
>
>Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net!
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