eta.cs.wisc.edu Frequently Asked Questions

(under construction)

Q: SysAdmin (System Administrator)?

Q: TechAdmin (Technical Administrator)?

A: Jonathan W. Day, (aka Lucipher), for a while, until the University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Projects Laboratory (UW UPL) felt he shouldn't have root access (but that's another story...).

Q: Where was eta.cs.wisc.edu physically located?

A: Undergraduate Projects Laboratory
Computer Sciences Room 1341
1210 West Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706

Q: What was eta.cs.wisc.edu's IP address?

A: 128.105.45.18

Q: How long was eta.cs.wisc.edu in the UPL?

A: From September 28th, 1994 to August 29th, 1996.

Q: What operating systems did eta.cs.wisc.edu run?

A: BSDI BSD/386 UNIX, then Linux, then FreeBSD UNIX, and then finally back to Linux.

Q: What were the stats on eta.cs.wisc.edu?

A: Working on that (since the hardware changed over time)...