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[Don Parris]

On Mon, 02 May 2005 22:20:30 -0400
"Bradly J. McConnell" <bradly.mcconnell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I finally got to see a Cray in person today.  It was quite neat - 
> just don't open the cabinet - apparantly, Cray doesn't believe in bus 
> cards - wiring everywhere.  There was a point to my trip though, I went 
> and got three SGI Indigo2's, and a Cabletron (now Enteresys) SmartSwitch 
> 6000.  Nice toys - 24 100Mbit ports, 24 10Mbit ports, and 2 FDDI 
> interfaces, with redundant power supplies.  All for free - saved them 
> from going to the scrap metal bin.  Time to learn a little IRIX!!
> 
> Brad
> 
> _______________________________________________

I think I'm gonna be jealous! :)  The Cray would be interesting.  But the 24
100Mbit ports sounds like a lot of fun to be had!

Don
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