2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server

Re:2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server by AdieuToLogic on Friday July 14, 2023 @09:32PM (#36732247)

The last time I checked on a FreeBSD server running Apache httpd for a previous client, it had an uptime of about 4,000 days.

So here is the obligatory:

  "Here's a nickle, kid.  Get yourself a better computer."[0]

:-D

0 - https://web.archive.org/web/20190304153157im_/https://assets...

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Re:2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server by mbbrutman on Friday July 14, 2023 @09:35PM (#36732266)

FreeBSD is crusty, but is it really bad enough to compare to DOS 5.02?

Besides, who needs 32 bits when 16 will do ...

(Not serious.)

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Re:2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server by AdieuToLogic on Friday July 14, 2023 @09:38PM (#36732294)

> Besides, who needs 32 bits when 16 will do ...

Hahaha, well played! :-)

Seriously, though, it is impressive to have a DOS machine running a web server in today's environment.

I assume dynamic content is produced via Sidekick[0]...

(ducks)

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland_Sidekick

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Re:2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:56PM (#36733242)

FreeBSD is fine; FreeBSD with 4000 days of uptime would concern me just like a Linux box with that much uptime.

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Re:2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server by Borg3 on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:03PM (#36761736)

Haha :) I always extend my respect for such stuff.. It just shows how everything is bloated and ballooned today.. You barelly can browse modern web with 32bit today.. VSZ hits the sky (3GB).

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Re:2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS web server by lo_zamoyski on Saturday July 15, 2023 @12:24AM (#36733452)

A long time ago, an acquaintance of mine was working part-time at a tool manufacturer that was running either AIX or HP-UX (I cannot recall which) that had an uptime of something like 11 years. I do not recall what they used it for, unfortunately.

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