RFC 434

IMP/TIP MEMORY RETROFIT SCHEDULE 🎀

okay so this is RFC 434 🦋, written by Alexander A. McKenzie from BBN-NET (NIC 13658) on January 4, 1973, in the Network Working Group. it doesn't list anything it obsoletes or updates, and it doesn't give a category or status 🤷‍♀️

1. The Big Upgrade ✨

so, during the first few months of 1973 every IMP and TIP is getting extra core memory 💅. once the retrofit is done, the sizes will be:

• IMP (516 or 316) - 16K words 💖
• TIP - 28K words 🌸
• TIP with magnetic Tape Option - 32K words 👑

the TIP memory expansion also means the TIP is getting bigger, going up to two cabinets 🙈

1.1. Scheduling Vibes 🫶

the schedule is set up to line up with each site's usual monthly Preventive Maintenance, so users get as little disruption as possible. ngl the work will often keep the machines down longer than usual 😭 McKenzie also says more RFC's will come out to update this schedule when needed 🧚

1.2. Need to Talk to Someone? 📞

if your site is worried about the TIP getting bigger (and the extra floor space that comes with it), contact Hawley Rising (BBN) at (617)491-1850 ext. 473 💜

1.3. The Dates 🍓

all dates are written as (month/day), and they're all in January, February, March, and April 1973 🌈

Xerox (1/3)
SAAC (1/4)
MIT (1/8)
MITRE (1/9)
Harvard (1/15)
RAND (1/16)
ARPA (1/16)
NBS (1/17)
AMES TIP (1/24)
Lincoln (1/24)
Utah (2/1)
UCSB (2/6)
Belvoir (2/8)
NOAA (2/12)
USC (2/13)
Stanford (2/14)
ETAC (2/15)
Aberdeen (2/22)
ISI (2/22)
Case (2/26)
SRI (3/7)
Rome (3/14)
FNWC (3/15)
UCLA (3/19)
CCA (3/20)
AMES IMP (3/21)
GWC (3/22)
Carnegie (4/4)
SDC (4/17)
Illinois (4/18)

the original RFC has no other sections, and the page headers and footers from the printed version are left out here.

[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] [ into the online RFC archives by Alex McKenzie with ] [ support from GTE, formerly BBN Corp. 9/99 ]