That’s interesting stuff, get it done! :) On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 3:01 PM William Donzelli <wdonze...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have quite few NSFnet backup tapes that need to go to Al at some > point. They likely have good stuff on them. > > -- > Will > On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 5:03 AM Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowl...@kev009.com> > wrote: > > > > Do you have software or docs for any of this stuff? I run > ps-2.kev009.com > > > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:41 PM William Donzelli via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > >> OK, I assumed the 6611s used the NSFnet type cards. Artic960s are > >> different animals - but probably very similar in idea. > >> > >> My memory is hazy, but I think the NSFnet cards were referred to as > Hawthornes. > >> > >> Somewhere around here I have one of the really early 386 based routing > >> cards - a weird double height Microchannel card (the RS/6000s were > >> RPQ'd with extra tall chassis to accommodate them). > >> > >> Anyway, I would like to get a 6611, but I do not think very many were > >> made at all. > >> > >> -- > >> Will > >> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 6:19 PM Paul Berger via cctalk > >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > > >> > The machine type was 6611 and there where three model, the smallest > was > >> > based on a 7011 the mid size one was based on a 7012 and the largest > was > >> > based on a 7013. > >> > > >> > The base card is an Artic 960 card which is just a processor card with > >> > some memory that gets an application loaded on the fly. The top > >> > interface card has a lot to do with determining what the function of > the > >> > card sandwich is, there should be a X-Y type code on the back of the > >> > card that would define the interface. They where used for all kinds > of > >> > things like Synchronous communications, X25 and network accelerators. > >> > Some of the interfaces cards used in the 6611 where unique to it and > >> > never made it to the "standard" RS/6000 line. There was also a PCI > >> > version of the Artic 960 but by the time it came along the 6611 was > long > >> > gone. > >> > > >> > Paul. > >> > > >> > > >> > On 2018-11-01 1:15 PM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > >> > >> So, what is this i960-based card for? > >> > > They were the routers. At the core nodes of the network, there would > >> > > be a big RS/6000s (very early POWER1 types) that would each do about > >> > > 4-5 high speed interfaces (FDDI, HSSI, and 10base2). Each interface > >> > > was one of these cards, so each of the big RS/6000s would have about > >> > > 4-5 of these cards. > >> > > > >> > > IBM tried to commercialize the design, but it was doomed - the > routing > >> > > engines were very fast, but the internet quickly outgrew the > >> > > architecture of the engines, and they apparently needed a complete > >> > > redesign to compete. IBM did release very few of these RS/6000s to > the > >> > > public (I think RS/6000-320Hs with a fancy tag - machine type > 6767?). > >> > > I have only seen one of these routers in the wild, but most of the > >> > > real NSFnet ones (I was decommissioning them, one time with a > Sawzall > >> > > because of some live tangled cables). > >> > > > >> > >> Could it be related to what you > >> > >> say in your post? > >> > >> > >> > >> https://imgur.com/NIvQPBv > >> > > Possibly related, but that card is not one of the NSFnet ones. > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Will > >> > >
