8-bits as terminals (Was: Serial Multiplexor)

From: Arfon Gryffydd <arfonrg_at_texas.net>
Date: Mon Jun 14 17:35:18 1999

>>>What would do you the most good is a DECServer 700 or some other TCP/IP
>>>compatible terminal server. This you can throw onto your LAN quite
easily.
>>>Older DECServers (like the 200 and 300) can be put into service as well if
>>>you want to go to the trouble of enabling MOP boot support and LAT in
>>>your Linux box.
>
>>Hmmm.. that's kinda impossible for me because, things like DECServer 700
>>don't pop up too often...
>
>That's OK - any DEC reseller will be glad to sell you something like a
>DECServer 700. Looking through the _Processor_ that came in the mail
>today I see some 16-port units with flash memory in the $1500-$2000
>price range. They're *nice* terminal servers - you can even set them
>up as either end of a PPP connection and they'll route to/from your
>LAN!

Whoa!! $1500-2000!?!?!? What a deal for a project that is just for fun!
I'll take two!!!!! Hmm, can you tlak them down to the $25.00 range for me?
 That's what I'm needing...



Lord Tyran's message:

>Probably to buy a cheap multiport serial card. Cyclades has some nice
>unintelligent cards, as well as some nice (but quite spendy) intelligent
>cards and terminal servers.

You know of one for $25.00? That doesn't require and IRQ for every port?


>I have comms programs for the Amiga if you still need them (and if you
>find one for the Atari 800 let me know because I need one ;) )

Can you copy the ROMs?
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