From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: corey@lod.com (Corey Lindsly) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:05:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: [TUHS] ATT 3b2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060221050514.DCE6E5D85F@lod.com> > The 3B2 was not the same machine as the one in 5ESS, which > was/is the 3B20D, a fairly large duplexed machine (two processors > that mutually checked each other). The 3B2 was a desktop. > The 3B20D wasn't sold commercially, as far as I know. There > was a 3B20S (multi-cabinet) that at least nominally > was commercially available. In '93 or '94 I responded to an advertisement by Temple University (Philadelphia) that they were giving away for free - U haul - a working 3B20S system. Figuring it was simply a slightly bigger brother of the 3B2, I arranged to pick it up and drove out there. Imagine my dismay when I discovered it to consist of four refrigerator-sized cabinets, several washing-machine disk units, and boxes of spare parts. Alas, no way that was all going to fit in my little apartment, not to mention the power requirements, so I had to turn it down. I hope they eventually found a good home for it.. Regards, ---corey