>A) The oldest version used a wall-wart that furnished AC >to the box. The power plug into the Pipe was a Mini-Din-5 >[think PS/2 rodent]. All of these units were actually S/T bus, >with U-channel models having an added daughter board for the >NT1. (This board is removable so a U-channel can be turned back >into a S/T.) This is sometimes called a revA. > Load code version labeled: b1.p50 >B) The next revision (revB) added a back panel toggle switch that >never did anything, and less-visibly, had RAM to hold the running >code, not just flash. You could update these via ftp as well as >console. >The Pipe 50 and 50HX were the only models using the above platform. > Load code version labeled: b.p50 I think there is a model missing here, I have a p50 with AC, ser# 5245376, no switch running 5.1A-b.p50 not b1... purchased about two months before the DC models arrived, it originally ran version 4.4. also no note on item B if AC/DC power >C) The next design generation used a DC-out wall-wart, and an >ordinary coaxial power plug on the back. Internally, they used >different boards on the U or S/T [no more daughter board] models. > >These appeared as the Pipe 25 family. They had slower CPU's than ---- Jim Howard Sr Network Engineer Lyceum Internet jhoward@lyceum.com <A HREF="http://www.lyceum.com/">http://www.lyceum.com/</A> 404.248.1733 My PGP Public Key: <A HREF="http://www.lyceum.com/~jhoward/pgp-key.txt">http://www.lyceum.com/~jhoward/pgp-key.txt</A> Fingerprint: 7E8B E2BA 1314 2535 CB08 CFF9 119B 7CD3 2488 954D ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11533.html">(ASCEND) disappearing modem cards</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11540.html">(ASCEND) OSPF / Max4000</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11524.html">Re: (ASCEND) Beta FAQ page on Pipes......</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11525.html">(ASCEND) 2.0 beta software for TNT</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11532"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd271.html#11532"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>