[rescue] Dialup Gateway and on an unrelated note: Indigo 2s and Indys

[Torquil MacCorkle III]

Hiya,


I hadn't received any replies so i was just wondering if you'd received the
email?

thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loomis, Rip" <GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: [rescue] Dialup Gateway and on an unrelated note: Indigo 2s and
Indys


> >     After struggling with my 2nd 486 in 6 months. I have
> > decided it is time for something better(but still cheaper
> > than $30) to use as my gateway. I was thinking some sort
> > of old non-PC unix box. I need it to support a 56k dialup
> > connection. Does anyone have suggestions? (Or is this even possible)
>
> This is definitely possible--but unless you already have in
> hand an external modem, you're going to end up spending more
> to buy a new modem than your budget for the box.
>
> If you already have an external modem, then you only need to
> ensure that the non-PC box has adequate serial ports--ISTR that
> some of the earlier sun4c had crappy serial ports.  It should
> be possible to find *something* for <$30, but you'll need to
> look in your local area to avoid paying for shipping.  Where
> are you located?
>
> [ If you don't already have an external modem, then let me know
> if you're willing to deal with a castoff ugly Pentium POS
> (I believe it's a P100 with 32MB of RAM).  I ran a 486 board
> in the same case as my gateway for > 1 year without problem
> though.  I was just about to offer it around it at work if
> it's still functional, but I'll throw it into the mail for
> the cost of shipping.  Needs disk, CD, video card, etc--might
> still have floppy and some other relevant items.  Not sure
> what in the 486 was causing problems other than general
> wonkiness, though, so not sure if this is of interest. ]
>
>   --Rip
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