> --- Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com> wrote:
> > I happen to be lucky and have a few Xircom Pocket eithernet adaptors so
> > those will fill the parallel port.
>
> At the moment, I have no Xircom adapters (I'm casually looking for a bargain
> on a couple of PE-3s) and even if I had any, AFAIK, they only work under DOS
> and DOS derivatives, not any flavor of UNIX. There are pocket adapters that
> work, but I have never seen a working one for sale (there was this busted one
> at the hamfest...)
Actually it's looking like NetBSD might be a good option for this system.
Someone has booted NetBSD on one without cracking the case, and is using a
USB-to-Ethernet adapter.
http://www.higuchi-clark.com/iopener/
So, how small can you make a NetBSD distro?
Zane
Received on Tue Mar 14 2000 - 01:18:30 GMT