[geeks] HIPPI switch on ebay

[Dave McGuire]

On July 23, nick at snowman.net wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2040105440
> I know there are a few of you still running HIPPI, and this (to my

  "Still" running HIPPI?  Is it "on the way out" or something?

> totally-hippi-clueless) eye looks like a hell of a deal.  Could anyone
> explain the quirks of hippi?  It is used like a network (from what I've
> seen) but dosen't appear to be implemented like one.

  HIPPI is generally treated by operating systems as a network
interface.  I've only ever seen it used in point-to-point
configurations, but I konw it's possible to run a bunch of nodes into
a switch...I assume it's just a matter of setting the network
addresses appropriately and plugging them in.

       -Dave

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