[rescue] Instant Internet boxes

[Bill Bradford]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 09:49:59PM -0400, Eric Webb wrote:
> I just rescued (I think, hopefully it's useful or it'll be dumped again) an 
> Instant Internet box from Bay Networks.  I've seen these around a couple 
> places and heard that they were nice for their time.  Looks like a 486 with 
> 4x72pin SIMM slots, dual ISA riser and apparently floppy/IDE ports (though 
> these didn't use them).  Software in ROM or Flash.
> Questions:
> 1.  Anyone have experience with these?

AIEEEEEE.

> 2.  What level 486 is this?  Is it upgradeable?

AIEEEEE.

> 3.  Is this thing capable/worth running Linux on?

AIEEEEE.

> 4.  What form factor is this motherboard?  Is this NLX or something similar, 
> such that I can reuse the case with a newer x86 mobo?

AIEEEEE.

> 5.  Any known hardware hacking howto / reference pages?
> I know where I may be able to get one or two more of these... are there 
> different models to look for that may have beefier hardware?

I'll pay you to send me one so I can go all Office Space on it.

We had one at the ISP I worked at in '95, to bridge the Novell and
TCPIP networks.. *ICK*.  Had to be rebooted 2-3 times a day.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX