[rescue] IBM 6611-170

[dave venable]

the -170 is top o'line baby.

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Eric Webb
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 11:32 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] IBM 6611-170


On Saturday 16 February 2002 01:01 pm, you wrote:
> On February 16, dave venable wrote:
>
>   This is a very rare machine that was specially configured to be used
> as a router on the original ANS NSFnet backbone.  Please please PLEASE
> do not recycle it or part it out.  A lot of my personal history is
> tied up in a machine just like that one...I would very much like to
> get ahold of it if you'd be willing to part with it.

The -170 is a rare machine or the 6611 is a rare machine?  We have a couple
6611's stacked in yet another corner.  Scorned upon by the network guys and
soon replaced by Ciscos.

It's essentially AIX as a router, from the very very qick glances I saw.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.


Eric