eli@ahuta.UUCP (e.mantel) (04/23/85)
This is a corrected version of the article previously posted.
On May 1, 1985, the names of the following AT&T Information
Systems computers will be changed:
from to | from to | from to
===== ===== | ===== ===== | ===== =====
ahexc mtexc | hocsj mtgzj | hou5h mtunh
ahgpa mtfma | hocsm mtgzm | hou5i mtuni
ahgpb mtfmc | hocso mtgzo | houti mtfmt
ahids mtids | hocsp mtgzp | houxb mtuxb
ahmer mtmer | hocst mtgzt | houxg mtfmg
ahuta mtuxo | hosba mtsba | houxn mtuxn
ahutb mtgzz | hosbb mtsbb | houxt mtuxt
ahuxp mtfmp | hosbc mtsbc | lzpfa mtgza
hocpc mtx5t | hou4a mtx5a | lzpfc mtgzc
hocsd mtgzq | hou4b mtx5b | lzpfd mtgzd
hocse mtgzk | hou5a mtx5d | lzpfe mtgze
hocsf mtgzl | hou5b mtx5c | lzpff mtgzf
hocsh mtgzn | hou5f mtunf | lzpfg mtgzg
hocsi mtgzi | hou5g mtung | lzpfh mtgzh
If you correspond with anyone on any of these machines, please take
note and change the addresses you use accordingly. Thank you.
Eli D. Mantel
AT&T Information Systems
Holmdel, New Jersey
ihnp4!ahuta!eli
beginning May 1: ihnp4!mtuxo!elitodd@bu-cs.UUCP (Todd Cooper) (04/24/85)
Is there any rhyme or reason behind the cryptic names that AT&T now has for their machines? I would like to know so that it could facilitate writing to inside of AT&T. I had to call for software support on an AT&T 3b5 here, but could not figure out how to e-mail to them the problem. -- --------------------------- Todd Cooper (617) 424-9018 UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!todd ARPA: todd%bu-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa USNail: 13 Marlborough St. #1, Boston, MA 02116
gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) (04/24/85)
> On May 1, 1985, the names of the following AT&T Information > Systems computers will be changed: > [15 lines of gibberish] You guys should have changed them on April 1st instead of May 1st. Let me guess, the new names are really the systems' phone numbers run thru passhash...
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (04/24/85)
If ihnp4 ever changes its name, we're sunk...
--
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henrygjm@ihnp4.UUCP (Gary J. Murakami) (04/25/85)
> If ihnp4 ever changes its name, we're sunk... > -- > Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology > {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry If it ever happens and I'm involved, I'll try to have a transition period where both names are recognized for UUCP. HoneyDanBer UUCP (a.k.a. Basic Networking Utilities #251 or later) has a feature which allows such a transition period (yet another reason to get it). Any suggestions for a good name :-) (just kidding) ? BTW, ihnp4 stands for "Indian Hill Network Processor #4" (yes, ihnp[1235] also exist). -Gary
mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (04/26/85)
In article <364@bu-cs.UUCP> todd@bu-cs.UUCP (Todd Cooper) writes: >Is there any rhyme or reason behind the cryptic names that AT&T now >has for their machines? Yes, there is. The first two letters are the AT&T site name, e.g. IH is Indian Hill, MH is Murray Hill, CB is Columbus, etc. (How they come up with these codes I'll never know: LZ is Lincroft, AK is Atlanta, IX is Indian Hill South, FJ is Freehold, etc.) The next few letters represent the group that owns the computer, OSG is the Operating Systems Group, DK is Datakit, UX (which stands for "UNIX") normally represents a computer center. The final letter or digit usually distinguishes among several machines on the project, thus "4" in ihnp4, or "d" in cbosgd, both representing the 4th machine that got named. What seems to have happened is that AH (ATT IS, Holmdel) has finally had their new building in Morristown completed, and in the move, their machines were renamed from ah* to mt*. Roughly. If this naming convention seems strange (in that it doesn't begin site names with "att" or "bl"), remember that this convention has been in use since before the UUCP net was started in the late 70's. In the early days of UUCP, there were only AT&T sites, it never occurred to anyone that any sites outside AT&T would be using the same naming space. In fact, much of AT&T still seems unaware that the outside world exists. You should have seen the fun when South Plainfield (site code HP) got a machine on Usenet, called hpuxa! Hewlett Packard was not impressed. Fortunately, they have renamed the site spuxa. Mark Horton
psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (04/28/85)
< Smokey the Bar says, "Stamp out software pirates" [squish!] > > Yes, there is. The first two letters are the AT&T site name, e.g. > IH is Indian Hill, MH is Murray Hill, CB is Columbus, etc. (How they > come up with these codes I'll never know: LZ is Lincroft, AK is > Atlanta, IX is Indian Hill South, FJ is Freehold, etc.) Here in Lincroft, we always assumed it stood for "Lincroft Zoo." > What seems to have happened is that AH (ATT IS, Holmdel) > has finally had their new building in Morristown completed, and > in the move, their machines were renamed from ah* to mt*. Roughly. Roughly. The AH (originally stood for "American Bell, Holmdel") machines are moving to Middletown. (Note that Holmdel, Lincroft, Middletown, Freehold, West Long Branch, and Neptune are all in Monmouth County, New Jersey, about twenty or thirty minutes away from each other in good traffic, which is considered "close" in this once rural area.) -- -Paul S. R. Chisholm ...!{pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc The above opinions are my own, ...!{hocsj,ihnp4}!lznv!psc not necessarily anyone else's, ...!{pegasus,cbosgd}!lzmi!psc including my employer's.
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (04/29/85)
In article <1089@cbosgd.UUCP> mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) writes: > >The first two letters are the AT&T site name, e.g. >IH is Indian Hill, MH is Murray Hill, CB is Columbus, etc. (How they >come up with these codes I'll never know: LZ is Lincroft, AK is >Atlanta, IX is Indian Hill South, FJ is Freehold, etc.) Aren't those two letter codes the codes used for the associated MS macros? -- :From the closet of anxieties of: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Remember me, for that which I must do shall ring out upon the heavens and my name shall be renounced by the tongues of all mankind! - J. Iscariot
jis1@mtgzz.UUCP (j.mukerji) (05/07/85)
> What seems to have happened is that AH (ATT IS, Holmdel) > has finally had their new building in Morristown completed, and > in the move, their machines were renamed from ah* to mt*. Roughly. That is more or less correct, except that the new bulding is MiddleTown not Morristown. Also many LZ (Lincroft ATT IS) machines have changed to mt*. BTW Have the new mt* names created any name clashes like hpuxa in South Plainfield did? Jishnu Mukerji