And what to do when it is all connected?
I've been watching others talk about their collections. I have a minor
collection of machines that I'd like to see the majority of them to be
powered up and do something in the real world. One of the keys I see is
to have them exchange information from/to a common server.
I think I have the exhange figured out. The server would probably be
running some sort of free unix (freebsd/Linux Whatever) and be connected
to each of the diversified clients via RS-232.
The Server would act as File server/Time Server(for those without RTC's)
as well as a link to a conventional home LAN.
Assumeing you could get them connected what nobel project could this mass
of diversified machines be commissioned to do? Obviously they are way too
slow to do Seti_at_home (Wouldn't it be a kick if a really old machine found
something significant?) but surely there could be some project that could
be engineered to be useful?
Brainstorming.. Here is a thought....
Redirecting those with serial consoles to the server one could access the
old machines from the LAN/WAN/Web might serve some sort of educational
function.
Other ideas?
Does this even make sense?
George Rachor
george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon
http://racsys.rt.rain.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 18:34:03 BST