> Unless your ISP uses BBN Butterflies and C30 IMPs in its backbone, I
> would discount the odds of running into a link with an MTU of 576.
Um, C30s were never IMPs (Internet Message Processors), they were
always PSNs (Packet Switching Nodes). First project I ever worked on.
How do I program my router to emulate one of those?
Drop it out a 3rd story window?
BBN Butterflys were one of the worst pieces of hardware ever built.
regards,
fletcher
Fletcher E Kittredge wrote:
BBN Butterflys were one of the worst pieces of hardware ever built.
Pardon my ruffled feathers, but IMHO this is not so! The Butterfly was
a fine example of a massively parallel computer. It was, unfortunately,
seldom deployed with the full complement of 128 processors.
The only problem with the architecture was the "flexible-bus" technology
which made maintenance a bit unweildy.
BTW - I believe that the C/30 probably has the best uptime record of any
packet processor. Many are documented as up 100% for years.
Anybody who has been online for more than 5 years probably had their
packets passed by them.
<off my soapbox and back into my cave>
BBN Butterflys were one of the worst pieces of hardware ever built.
That's too harsh. They may have been lousy computers, but they were
**great** space heaters... -s
David Bowie writes:
Pardon my ruffled feathers, but IMHO this is not so! The Butterfly was
a fine example of a massively parallel computer. It was, unfortunately,
seldom deployed with the full complement of 128 processors.The only problem with the architecture was the "flexible-bus" technology
which made maintenance a bit unweildy.BTW - I believe that the C/30 probably has the best uptime record of any
packet processor. Many are documented as up 100% for years.
Well, perhaps they should have a) chosen a different front end, and b)
provided better cooling. The one at FIX-East sat there for years,
cooking, with the Mac on top cooking with it. Gee, wonder why the Mac
would space out every so often?