[rescue] looking for a Multia

Paul Weissmann paul at doorslam.net
Tue Aug 12 02:05:52 CDT 2003


Dave McGuire [mcguire at neurotica.com] wrote:
> On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 10:00 PM, Scott Newell wrote:
> >>  Hey folks.  I'm looking for a DEC Multia, either the 166 or 233MHz
> >>version.  Anybody have one they don't need?
> >
> >Isn't that one of the alphas that you like to benchmark against 
> >urinating
> >archives?
> 
>   The very one.  But to act as a firewall and DHCP server for a 
> two-machine network on the end of a slow DSL pipe, it's perfect.

I thought it's kinda risky to run Multias 24/7 since they tend to
burn out (physically) on occasions.

I originally wanted to use mine /233 as an WLAN AP, since it had 2
PCMCIA slots. 

I dropped the idea due to the above mentioned issue and sold it off.


	- paul

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