Re: Have a Wellfleet Access Feeder Node

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregg C Levine) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hello from Gregg C Levine
> I have here two Wellfleet Access Feeder Nodes here. They also call 
> themselves Communications servers. It seems that they startup spweing 
> diagnostics on the console port. But they boot from an ordinary 3.5 floppy 
> drive. Sticking a blank floppy in the drive causes the one who is running 
> now, to throw an errror message.
>  
>  I was given both of these, as part of a deal for some work we're doing here 
> in the NYC area. But no documentation was provided. Nor any media, that 
> is, floppies.
> 
>  Does anyone recognize these things? Nortel can't seem to be able to help. 
> It seems all of their technical staff there that might remember them, does 
> not. If anyone can help, I'll provide my physical address then, but off list.
> Gregg C Levine drwho8 atsign att dot net

Those are really old devices.The floppy contains boot code and routing
s/w.
Needless to say,this is not a supported device. wellfleet was
purchased by Bay,who was purchased by Nortel. I threw away my
documents in 1994.