It'd sure be nice to have one of these --- I love the RS/6000 but couldnt
ever get one. Anybody willing to ship one of these?

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:
>
> > But do the ANS's connect with OS 10.4 and above which will not talk
> > AppleTalk over Ethernet?
>
> An ANS has a proprietary processor which, although a 604e, just as in
> the 9500, has lots of added circuitry for testing and checking.
>
> It is more an IBM RS/6000 than it is an Apple PowerMac 9500.
>
> But it is neither an RS/6000 nor is it a 9500.
>
> It is a hybrid, designed, like Janus, to look both ways: first,
> towards the RS/6000 world, and its OS, and second, towards the A-AUI,
> ADB and AppleTallk world, but NOT its OS.
>
> Most users ignore the A-AUI, ADB and AppleTalk, and use generic
> 10/100 E-net cards, and operate "headless", without a console. Which
> is why the front of the ANS has a small LCD display unit for display
> of status.
>
>
>
> >
>

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