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==Pre-History==


In October of 1995 a group of friends started the ball rolling on the idea of a computer network in DCU, run by students for the students. Starting out with a battered 386 PC with 8 MB of RAM(dubbed Nurse), bits of borrowed memory, their own cash, and a lot of luck, they went about organising the D.C.U Networking society. Once recognised as a society, they were allowed to setup a temporary home for the server in the Computer Applications facility (dcuns.compapp.dcu.ie), though members never logged into this server. With the approval of John Boland, then the head of Computer Services in DCU, the society received it's own subnet, dubbed redBrick.dcu.ie, along with a physical area in which to store Nurse, under a desk in QG07. At some stage, Nurse was upgraded to a Pentium 60 with 64 MB of RAM.


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==April==


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The DCU Networking Society is founded.
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<b>Pre-History</b><br />
In October of 1995 a group of friends started the ball rolling on the idea of a computer network in DCU, run by students for the students. Starting out with a battered 386 PC with 8 MB of RAM(dubbed Nurse), bits of borrowed memory, their own cash, and a lot of luck, they went about organising the D.C.U Networking society. Once recognised as a society, they were allowed to setup a temporary home for the server in the Computer Applications facility (dcuns.compapp.dcu.ie), though members never logged into this server. With the approval of John Boland, then the head of Computer Services in DCU, the society received it's own subnet, dubbed redBrick.dcu.ie, along with a physical area in which to store Nurse, under a desk in QG07. At some stage, Nurse was upgraded to a Pentium 60 with 64 MB of RAM.


<b>[ April: ]</b><br>
<p>The DCU Networking Society is founded.</p>
9th - nurse.redbrick.dcu.ie goes officially online<br />
9th - nurse.redbrick.dcu.ie goes officially online<br />


<p>The primary application on Redbrick for members was the BBS (Bulletin Board System(. The BBS ran on top of a shell and featured chat and newsgroups. The BBS software Redbrick used was called Eagle BBS. The Babble newsgroup was created this month.</p>
The primary application on Redbrick for members was the BBS (Bulletin Board System(. The BBS ran on top of a shell and featured chat and newsgroups. The BBS software Redbrick used was called Eagle BBS. The Babble newsgroup was created this month.


<p> This is the `dmesg` output of an early boot of Nurse.
<p> This is the `dmesg` output of an early boot of Nurse.
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[[Rbwiki_FreeBSD|FreeBSD]] 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Apr 26 10:54:02 BST 1996
FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Apr 26 10:54:02 BST 1996
root@Nurse.[[Rbwiki_RedBrick|RedBrick]].DCU.IE:/usr/src/sys/compile/NURSEP5
root@Nurse.RedBrick.DCU.IE:/usr/src/sys/compile/NURSEP5
CPU: 60-MHz Pentium 510\60 (Pentium-class CPU)
CPU: 60-MHz Pentium 510\60 (Pentium-class CPU)
Origin = "[[Rbwiki_GenuineIntel|GenuineIntel]]"  Id = 0x517  Stepping=7
Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x517  Stepping=7
Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,PSE,MCE,CX8,APIC>
Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,PSE,MCE,CX8,APIC>
real memory  = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
real memory  = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
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pca0: PC speaker audio driver
pca0: PC speaker audio driver
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0x80ff80ff on isa
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0x80ff80ff on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM [[Rbwiki_TRB850A|TRB850A]]>, multi-block-8
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM TRB850A>, multi-block-8
wd0: 810MB (1660176 sectors), 1647 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wd0: 810MB (1660176 sectors), 1647 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <[[Rbwiki_ST32140A|ST32140A]]>, multi-block-32
wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <ST32140A>, multi-block-32
wd1: 2015MB (4127760 sectors), 4095 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wd1: 2015MB (4127760 sectors), 4095 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc1 not found at 0x170
wdc1 not found at 0x170
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<b>[ May: ]</b><br>
<b>[ June: ]</b><br>
<b>[ July: ]</b><br>
<b>[ August: ]</b><br>
<b>[ September: ]</b><br>


<p>The second generation of brickies appeared. The BBS was still available.</p>
==May==
==June==
==July==
==August==
==September==


<p>Founding committee:</p>
The second generation of brickies appeared. The BBS was still available.


<ul>
===Founding committee===
<li>Chair: Hyper</li>
<li>Secretary: Wibble</li>
<li>Treasurer: Swipe</li>
<li>PRO/Ents: Sandman</li>
<li>Systems Administrators: Drjolt and Fergus</li>
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<p>Two 4.6 gig disks added to Nurse to replace burned out disks. After a "misunderstanding" with CSD, Redbrick's full external access was removed.</p>
* Chair: Hyper
* Secretary: Wibble
* Treasurer: Swipe
* PRO/Ents: Sandman
* Systems Administrators: Drjolt and Fergus


<b>[ October: ]</b><br>
Two 4.6 gig disks added to Nurse to replace burned out disks. After a "misunderstanding" with CSD, Redbrick's full external access was removed.
<b>[ November: ]</b><br>
 
==October==
==November==


26th - First ever Intersocs event called "The First Fiddle" in the Mean Fiddler. Poster for the event is [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~awol/phtml/timeline/docs/fiddler.doc here].
26th - First ever Intersocs event called "The First Fiddle" in the Mean Fiddler. Poster for the event is [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~awol/phtml/timeline/docs/fiddler.doc here].


<b>[ December: ]</b><br>
==December==


Christmas Party in the Jolly Beggarman pub in Artane.
Christmas Party in the Jolly Beggarman pub in Artane.
Thayl had to go to hospital after falling off a telephone box after closing time.
Thayl had to go to hospital after falling off a telephone box after closing time.
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