Cisco IGS-R from 1993 pings Google for the first time in 2021

Thought I might try and see what would happen if I powered on a Cisco IGS from 1993. 

 

Useful manual for the IGS can be found here:

https://docstore.mik.ua/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_fix/cisigslr/igslrhir/index.htm

Initially it was was stuck in a loop at the bootloader. After opening up and pushing home the EPROMs, I got a bit further. 

"Bad checksum for configuration memory"

After another quick clean and playing with the RAM, it successfully booted. 

 

 

System Bootstrap, Version 4.6(4), SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco Systems
IGS processor with 1024 Kbytes of memory

              Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

              cisco Systems, Inc.
              1525 O'Brien Drive
              Menlo Park, California 94025



3000 Software (IGS-KR), Version 9.1(4) [fc1], SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 25-Mar-93 12:57 by daveu


cisco IGS (68020) processor (revision I) with 1024K/512K bytes of memory.
Processor board serial number 00740975
DDN X.25 software, Version 2.0.
Bridging software.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
1 Serial network interface.
16K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
Bad checksum for configuration memory

 

 You got to love the range of protocols available to configure...

Configuring global parameters:

  Enter host name [Router]: fitzwilliam
  Enter enable password: fitz2021
  Enter virtual terminal password: fitz2021
  Configure SNMP Network Management? [yes]: no
  Configure IP? [yes]:
    Configure IGRP routing? [yes]: no
    Configure RIP routing? [no]:
  Configure DECnet? [no]:
  Configure XNS? [no]:
  Configure Novell? [no]:
  Configure Apollo? [no]:
  Configure AppleTalk? [no]:
  Configure CLNS? [no]:
  Configure Vines? [no]:
  Configure bridging? [no]:

 fitzwilliam>show ver
3000 Software (IGS-KR), Version 9.1(4) [fc1], SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1993 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 25-Mar-93 12:57 by daveu

System Bootstrap, Version 4.6(4), SOFTWARE

fitzwilliam uptime is 3 minutes
System restarted by power-on
Running default software


cisco IGS (68020) processor (revision I) with 1024K/512K bytes of memory.
Processor board serial number 00740975
DDN X.25 software, Version 2.0.
Bridging software.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
1 Serial network interface.
16K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
Configuration register is 0x2101
fitzwilliam>

Next step was try and see if I could connect a 10 Base T CentreCOM transceiver. Fortunately an old TP-LInk switch I have has 10/100 ports.

Success from my laptop

ekenny@E5450:~$ ping 192.168.0.101
PING 192.168.0.101 (192.168.0.101) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=8.61 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=8.26 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=6.68 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=19.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=6.73 ms

Success ping from Cisco IGS to www.hea.net

fitzwilliam#ping www.hea.net
Translating "WWW.HEA.NET"...domain server (1.1.1.1) [OK]
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 193.1.219.11, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 12/14/20 ms
fitzwilliam#

Pinging Google for the first time!

fitzwilliam#ping www.google.com
Translating "WWW.GOOGLE.COM"...domain server (1.1.1.1) [OK]
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 74.125.193.147, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 16/17/20 ms
fitzwilliam#

fitzwilliam#show config

Using 516 out of 16378 bytes
version 9.1
!
hostname fitzwilliam
!
enable-password fitz2021
service config
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Ethernet 0
ip address 192.168.0.101 255.255.255.0
no mop enabled
!
interface Serial 0
 --More--  
ip address 192.168.1.101 255.255.255.0
!
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
!
!
!
!
!
ip name-server 1.1.1.1
!
!
line vty 0 4
login
line con 0
exec-timeout 0 0
line aux 0
line vty 0
password fitz2021
line vty 1
password fitz2021
line vty 2
 --More--  
password fitz2021
line vty 3
password fitz2021
line vty 4
password fitz2021
!
end