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Well, mumble: NSF first got on the Internet through a P4200. It sat in my office because MIS didn't want to have anything to do with it... -s Brent Sweeny wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 02:27:53PM -0800, Sean Donelan wrote: >> >> On Thu, 15 February 2001, Hank Nussbacher wrote: >> > >> > An extra 10 if you have any printed manuals from that far back! >> > >> >> Back then, ALL the manuals were printed. None of this funky >> CDROM or download the page from the Cisco web site when your cisco >> router isn't routing and you can't get to the cisco web site. >> >> And my favorite. You didn't have to pass a test to buy stuff >> directly from Cisco. I got my first IGS-R for 50% off because >> Cisco was competing against Proteon, and the Cisco sales person >> was happy to sell me one. > >I remember way back then, when we were evaluating whether to buy Proteon >or Cisco, scanning the hosts table (which still listed all the routers >in the internet then, along with what KIND they were) to see what Cisco's >market penetration was. it was growing fast enough that we thought they >might stay in business. ;) it's still a good idea for cisco to remember >proteon (and what they did wrong), though virtually no one from cisco today >has ever heard of proteon, too bad--the lessons are still relevant, perhaps >more than ever. > >and the entire manual set (hardware--all 3 models of routers--and >software) all fit into one looseleaf manual. i still have mine from 6.x >and 7.x, though i can't find earlier, darn. > Brent Sweeny, Indiana University > > -- Stephen Wolff 202 362 7110 voice Office of the CTO 202 362 7224 fax Cisco Systems 202 427 6752 mobile
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