Most controllers still do. I haven't seen any flat-panel displays yet in any of 
the
ARTCCs, TRACONs, or Towers I've visited. Admittedly, it's been a couple of
years, so, they might have changed, but, I tend to doubt they've changed all
those displays that quickly.

Owen

On Jan 4, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Menerick, John wrote:

> Every joke has a bit of truth.  For instance, until recently (last 10 
> years?), O'hare's traffic controllers relied upon vacuum tube technology to 
> perform their job. 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Christopher Morrow [morrowc.li...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 7:49 PM
> To: Ryan Finnesey
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: FAA - ASDI servers
> 
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Ryan Finnesey
> <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote:
>> Very true but why the reference to vacuum tubes?
> 
> sadly it was an FAA computer system joke.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: christopher.mor...@gmail.com [mailto:christopher.mor...@gmail.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Christopher Morrow
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:32 PM
>> To: Ryan Finnesey
>> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
>> Subject: Re: FAA - ASDI servers
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Ryan Finnesey 
>> <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote:
>>> Is anyone on the list from the FAA?  I am trying to find out if we can
>>> connect to the ASDI servers via IPv6.
>> 
>> vacuum tubes don't do ipv6.
>> 
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