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SCHEDULED DOWN TIME: WEDNESDAY, 9 OCTOBER 1996
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On Wednesday, October 9, we will transfer all UNIX-based services from our
old Sun SPARC 20 UNIX host to a new Sun SPARC 1000.  The new UNIX host
will give us the extra space and processing power needed to accommodate
our expanding Web and user services.
 
The SPARC 20 will be taken off line at about 8:00 AM, and a full backup
will be done.  The backup tape will then be used to move all users'
directories and files to the new SPARC 1000, as well as other directories
and files that have not already been moved.  The configuration files on
the SPARC 1000 will then be edited to give it the network and Internet
identities formerly used by the SPARC 20.
 
The whole process will probably take most of Wednesday morning to
complete.  Dial-up customers will not be able to access their accounts
during that time.  Barring unforeseen difficulties, we expect full service
to be restored no later than noon.

The migration to the new UNIX host will not change how you log in or how
you use your account.