[rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starter SPARC system these days?

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Why would you say ciscos make poor terminal servers?  I worked with ~500
2511 and 36x0s with 16 or more serial ports, all working fine.
	Nick

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> > yes, its an actual functioning AURA console server (actually, a bunch of serial
> > ports and special software, hanging off an E250..) - BUT...
> 
> man, never dealt with one of those.  xyplex at Mack trucks, cisco with an octo
> cable (never got the damn thing working right, ciscos make POOR terminal 
> servers)
> 
> > I was the poor schmuck who had to hand-wire *SIXTY* of the damn RJ45 to 
> > DB25 and DB9 adapters.  DCE.
> 
> i said no up front.  i told them it would be cheaper to buy them from a store
> considering how much i was getting paid an hour to work and how many hours it
> would take me to do.  they said, "yeah, you're right" and i didn't have to make
> a single stinking cable. :)
> 
> > Even now, almost a year later, its still a joke.. "Hey bill, wanna wire 
> > up some.." " No.  Not only no, but HELL NO.  Take your little blue 
> > adapters and SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS.." 8-)
> 
> heh, fond work memories, woo!
> 
> > > when the machines goes all wrong bill, will you be using that Veritas GUI to
> > > get the machine back up, or will you be using command line?
> > What the hell do *you* think?  8-)
> 
> it was supposed to be a rhetorical question, i *KNOW* what you would do. :)
> 
> -brian
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