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From: Andrew <afrayedknot@thefrayedknot.armory.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Free Plan 9 "shell" accounts?
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:25:47 -0700
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ive been trying to get an open plan9 network going, i was almost done
when my fileserver broke (i think the motherboard gave up). I have some
other boxes to move it to, just havent had time, but probably will
this weekend.

On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 06:05:06PM +0200, Martin Kielhorn wrote:
> Has there ever been  an attempt  to provide free accounts
> on a Plan 9 network for people curious to "play" with it.
>
> I've found several Unix servers where free shell accounts
> are available (like m-net.arbornet.org). I wasn't able to
> locate something comparable for Plan 9.
>
> I would really like an open  Plan 9  CPU  server. Maybe I
> could even connect to it with drawterm or vnc because I
> would really like to learn programming for rio.
>
> How many graphical logins could a typical (perhaps  256M,
> 500 MHz, shared 155Mbit internet) cheap server provide?
>
> On m-net there are often 20 - 30 people logged in and all
> programs still work responsive (some people surve the web
> others read mails and many are idle  - everything in com-
> mand line).
>
> 			Martin
>