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Machine-Specific Software
It is customary to copy all special files which are stored on the local
disk of a SIPB workstation into:
/afs/sipb/project/office-machines/{machine-name/{path-to-file}
This is so we can restore these local customizations easily in the event
that a future Athena release upgrade changes or removes these files, or
if some other failure occurs (e.g., a hard disk problem) which requires
us to re-install the software. At the very least, the
{site/CHANGES}
file
should mention where copies of the necessary files are kept, so that any
reasonably clueful SIPB member can restore the machine to its proper
state if and when it becomes necessary.
SIPB Terminals and Supplies
The SIPB owns many terminals. Chiefly, they are located in the SIPB
office (w20-557) or in the machine room in the public Athena
cluster next door. They are used in many ways, such as providing
NetNews to the MIT community and serving as a major node on the usenet,
providing locker full of useful, interesting and/or entertaining
programs available to anyone on the Internet with AFS access. And
several machines, residing in the SIPB office provide a place for
members and prospectives to log in.
Currently (as of today, perhaps not as of the time you're reading this),
the SIPB machines are:
hodge-podge
(18.70.0.217, hodge, w20-557-8)
hodge is a DecStation
3100 running standard Athena release software. Hodge-podge takes remote
logins only from people with entries in /etc/passwd.
bill-the-cat
(18.70.0.215, bill-the-cat, w20-557-6, btc, bill,
ackphthp, ackpht)
bill-the-cat is a SparcStation running the standard
Athena release software.
steve-dallas
(18.70.0.213, steve-dallas, w20-557-4, steve,
jerkface, dallas)
steve-dallas is an IBM RT running the standard
Athena release software.
cutter-john
(18.70.0.158, cutter-john, w20-557-2, cutter,
half-a-computer)
cutter-john is an IBM PS/2 Model 70 running OS/2
2.0 with PMX.
binkley
(18.70.0.214, binkley, w20-557-5 mad-dog)
binkley is
a VaxStation 3100 running standard Athena release software.
oliver
(18.70.0.212, oliver, w20-557-3, oliver-wendel-jones,
hacker)
oliver is an IBM RS-6000 running standard Athena release
software.
yaz-pistachio
(18.70.0.225, yaz-pistachio, w20-557-14, yaz)
yaz-pistachio is a DECStation 5000 running standard Athena release software.
deathtongue
(18.70.0.228, deathtongue, w20-557-13, tongue, dt)
deathtongue is a SparcStation running pre-release Athena
software.
milo
(18.70.0.216, milo, w20-557-7, sipb-next)
milo is a
NeXTCube running NeXT Step software.
banana-sr
(18.70.0.221, banana-sr, w20-557-11, banana)
banana-sr is a Macintosh II. It is running After Dark with the
Lunatic Phringe add-in Module.
meadow
(printer)
meadow is a laser printer.
bloom-beacon
(18.70.0.223, bloom-beacon, beacon, bacchus,
mit-bloom-beacon)
bloom-beacon is a VaxStation II acting as the
server for
bloom-picayune
(18.70.0.226, bloom-picayune, w20-575a-10,
picayune, news, news-digests)
snorcklewacker
(18.70.0.211, snorkelwacker, w20-575a-11, snork,
snorkel, wacker)
snorcklewacker is an IBM RT running standard Athena release software.
ronald-ann
(18.70.0.219, ronald-ann, w20-575a-8)
rosebud
(18.70.0.210, rosebud, w20-575a-12)
rosebud is an
RS/6000, and a server for the SIPB AFS cell.
charon
(18.70.0.224, charon, w20-575a-9, sipb-vax sipbvax,
sipb, multics, irc, lnf)
gene-simmons
(18.70.0.25, sipb-mac)
gene-simmons is a doublemonitor Mac 7100/66.
quiche-lorraine
(18.70.0.227, quiche, keesh)
quiche-lorraine is an IBM machine using Linux.
milquetoast
(18.70.0.234, W20-557-10, milq, toast, roach, bug)
milquetoast is a VAX 3100 running standard Athena release software.
pickled-herring
(18.70.0.23, pickled)
pickled-herring is an IBM RT running standard Athena release software.
anxiety-closet
(18.181.0.21)
anxiety-closet is a DEC station that is the SIPB WWW server.
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