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The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/all/20060429043430/http://tbone.biol.sc.edu:80/tide/serverinfo.cgi
[WWW Tide Site Selection]
WWW Tide Predictor Server Information
Contents:
We thought you might be interested to see the site
where it all happens: David Wethey's lab at the University of South
Carolina. Here's a photo of the side of the lab where this server,
"tbone", lives:
Now, to show you a closeup of the impressive big
iron that drives this engine of tide prediction (in the picture above, it's
on the shelf just above and to the right of the refrigerator).
Hot update 7/2002: We replaced the
old tbone.biol.sc.edu with a new machine! Whee! The new specs are
below (but it's still on the same shelf). It will still impress you, we're sure.
The specs on the mighty beast:
| Feature | Current Model | Prior Server
(Until 6/2002) |
|---|
| Processor |
Intel P200 MMX |
Intel P90 |
| Motherboard |
Dell Gs |
Scavenged no-name |
| CPU has f00f bug |
yes |
yes |
| RAM |
64 MB |
48 MB (2x16MB SIMMs and 2x8MB SIMMs) |
| Disk |
Fujitsu 2 GB IDE |
Seagate 2 GB IDE |
| Ethernet |
No-name NE2000 clone |
No-name NE2000 clone |
| OS |
RedHat Linux 7.3 |
RedHat Linux 6.1, kernel 2.2.12 |
Why doesn't (the old one) have a cover on it?
Honestly, we just never bothered to
put the cover back after we finished fussing with it around
December 1999. Linux being a rather dependable OS, we also don't bother
with an easily accessible keyboard or monitor. The only time it needs
attention from the console is to fix a hardware error, and that hasn't
happened in months. And no, the 14.4 modem on the shelf next to
the machine is not being used to connect to it. And yes, those are
8-inch floppy cases on the shelf above it. Old data never die.
You can't quite see them, but there are boxes of punchcards just to the
right of the 8-inch floppies. No, that is not a joke.
The site software is maintained by Dean Pentcheff
<tide@crustacea.nhm.org> .
WWW Tide/Current Predictor: http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide
Dean Pentcheff
<tide@crustacea.nhm.org>
Biological Sciences,
University of South Carolina,
Columbia SC 29208 USA
