[rescue] big NCR on Ebay??

[Dave McGuire]

On July 4, Larry Snyder wrote:
> We had a couple of his little brothers (3550) a few years back.  IIRC,
> they were about the size of an 18 cu. ft. fridge.  The MCA bus ran across
> half the top.  There was, I think, also an ISA or more likely EISA bus
> as well.  Performance / cu.ft. was nothing to write home about.  The
> flavor of unix that ran on them had Wollongong TCP/IP as an optional
> package.  We always figgered they would be more useful with thermal
> insulation, refrigeration, and a co2 bottle to drive a keg ;)
> This woulda been right around the time AT&T got their meathooks into
> them, or slightly after.

  Heh.  This machine must've been the logical conclusion of the "build a
PeeCee into a bigger case and it magically becomes a server"
attitude.

      -Dave

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