Okay, that sounds like a good explanation of what it did, but why were all
of the network connections to the cash registers token ring type 1
connectors. They were all plugged into a hub which went to 2 Pentium 3
netfinity servers. The netfinity servers had the IBM POS system on them for
controling the cash registers. One server was just a backup (as far as I
know)and the other was for for any cash operations. They both had identical
software on them and could both peform the same things.

What I can't believe is how much they wanted for the netfinity servers. $500
each! You can buy one on ebay for $150 easy.

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"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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I have a IBM RISC 6000 type 7009 server from a grocery store. It doesn't
have a video card but it has an etherenet card a floppy drive, 2 hdd's, it
is full of memory sims, it has what I think is a token ring card with a
db9 connector and it has 2 weird serial cards in it which have a block
which splits it into 15 db25 serial ports.

I have all sorts of db25 cables to go with it also, from 5 - 50 ft
cables.

- Mike
Mikek400*comcast.net Replace * with @

The IBM RS6000 (and IBM RT before that) have been around a long time.
These machines usually ran AIX IBM's version of UNIX), but some ran Linux
(Red Hat) more recently.
The RS6000 in a grocery store setting -- serves as the database server
(e.g. UPC bar codes, prices, current inventory, items sold during day) for
the store - communications controller to the store chain's central
computers and checkout lanes (serial cable).
The 2 HDDs may have been in a RAID configuration

Could be useful - for a Linux savvy user - but there are number other
alternatives for Linux servers.

gb