[geeks] HIPPI switch on ebay

[Dave McGuire]

On July 23, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> Still running hippi?  I think that with the exception of maybe two
> people [1], we are still not yet running hippi.  That stuff's
> expensive for the most.  And it is still darn current.  Highend places
> are working at rolling out newer and faster versions of the same HIPPI
> standard. 

  Yup.

> [1] I seem to recal Sridhar saying something about having it between
> an IBM and Onyx, and maybe Francisco said something once, not sure.

  Nope, Sridhar hasn't messed with his Onyx (which used to be mine)
yet.  I believe his S/390 G5 has a HIPPI interface but it isn't being
used.  Onyx HIPPI interfaces sell for LARGE amounts of money, so are
somewhat difficult to come by.

  Brian Hechinger has some HIPPI equipment.

     -Dave

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