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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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