[rescue] misc old Sun resources

[Dave McGuire]

On July 21, Tim H. wrote:
> >   Really, folks.  Computers don't get slower with time.  With the
> > exception of MP3 playing and video hacking, have our applications for
> > our machines really changed all that much since, say, the IPX was new?
> > Note that by "applications" I mean "reading email" or "writing code",
> > not "playing around with KDE" which can tank all but the very fastest
> > of systems.
> 
> Yeah, something changed, I want 115.2 async serial, and and IPX hasn't

  Uhh, you must type faster than I do.  And I type pretty fast.

> got it.  That gripe aside, is there an sbus serial card available that I
> could put in an IP[XC] so I can use it as my dial up box (IP masq,

  Ahh, dialup.  I haven't done dialup in a VERY long time; I guess I'd
kinda assumed that nobody else around here has either. :-(

> firewall)?  It is such a nice form factor, and completely big enough for
> this task, but the serial problem stops me.  Is there a third party
> mainboard for this form factor with decent serial?

  No idea.  I use serial ports for console terminals and EPROM
programmers; that's about it.

        -Dave

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