HBD James!

komatos komatos at comcast.net
Sat Feb 9 23:17:09 CET 2013


On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Mikael Hansson wrote:

> Are you sure? I seem to recollect that it was started after the a3k- 
> list and the a3k was released in 1997, but I could be wrong :-)
>
> /Micke

You might be right. FWIW, it might've been late 1996/early 1997, or  
even mid 1997 at the latest. The CS1x was released in summer 1996, and  
I joined the cs1x-list at teklab.com shortly thereafter. The music-bar at teklab.com 
  mailing list was announced sometime within the first year of my  
joining the cs1x-list, and I joined the day it was announced. Too bad  
I don't still have the original welcome email. :(

FWIW, here's an (abbreviated) email from the main man himself (Jay  
Vaughan, founder of TekLab, AMPFEA, SLN, and all these lists that's  
dated June 16, 2001, that dates the original formation of Teklab and  
the first couple emailing lists as of June 16, 1995.

******Begin historical email quote from Jay V.******
Hiya folks,

This is a long email, but an important one.  If you're interested in  
the future of teklab.com, a service you've used or may otherwise be  
familiar with, then please take some time to read this email.

************************************************************************************
I've just decided that June 16th is teklab.com's 'official' birthday.

Today is also the day that I've decided to put teklab.com, as you know  
it, to rest.

And, it is a day for me to reveal some plans I've been making that  
affect all of us.
************************************************************************************

Per my email archives I first turned on teklab.com on 06/16/95.

(Side note: I'm ignoring the NetSol 'create date' record, because it's  
wrong.  I went to Japan in '96, and teklab.com was up and running  
before I left, so I dunno what's up with NetSol.  They probably got  
the day/month of registration right, though, because I'd registered it  
a few weeks before I began using it...)

6 years ago, the humble little server for teklab.com was set up in a  
frigid computer room in Glendale, CA.  It had 3 physical changes of  
location (and a couple hardware upgrades) before the two of us finally  
settled here in my office in Los Feliz, where we've been for the last  
4 years.

I'll never forget the day that I set up the box, did a little editing,  
typed 'kill -HUP `pidof named`' and watched the 'torpor', 'dosed', and  
'jay' mailboxes receive their first '@teklab.com' mail. Once that was  
all working, I started inviting friends to put the machine to use.

Since then, a lot has happened.

It's been a thoroughly wonderful experience - a few ups, a few downs,  
but for the most part I will always consider the effort to keep  
teklab.com up and running one of the most important things I've done  
in my life so far - I've met some amazing people, I've heard some  
fantastic music, and I've personally learned a *lot*.

I also believe, along the way, I may have taught a few people some  
things too.

I feel that one of the most important qualities that I've observed as  
'overseer of teklab.com', in what appears to be boundless supply, has  
been other people - electronic artists from around the world - helping  
each other out by way of the teklab.com services, and I also believe  
this is probably one of the most special things I've experienced as  
I've bounced around this world of ours.

******End (abbreviated) historical email quote from Jay V.******

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