[rescue] Instant Internet boxes

[Eric Webb]

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?
2.  What level 486 is this?  Is it upgradeable?
3.  Is this thing capable/worth running Linux on?
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?
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?

Eric