By 1998, there were way more than five back end servers. I don't remember exactly how many 8400s we had -- 20? 40? Something in that range. They'd gone up to 12

By 1998, there were way more than five back end servers. I don't remember exactly how many 8400s we had -- 20? 40? Something in that range. They'd gone up to 12 GB of RAM apiece, which came on boards the size of a fairly large baking sheet. The servers were as big as a refrigerator. The primary datacenter was a floor above PAIX in the middle of downtown Palo Alto. Pricy server space. Oft-forgotten bit of history: Elon Musk's first big success was selling Zip2 to AltaVista (under Compaq).