Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Token Ring (really) Message-ID: <1334154785.65754.YahooMailNeo@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4F821954.1060302@gmx.com> References: <000301cd1412$b39c1550$1ad43ff0$@net> <000801cd141b$01c9fe60$055dfb20$@net> <EA802BC7-5153-48ED-903B-15363A63F34C@olivent.com> <000001cd1465$f8d56740$ea8035c0$@net> <CA%2BtpaK1qk-JXzWPfS4UiPrzECPZ8nXxbk0Rbnmro7QstG%2B-YJg@mail.gmail.com> <000b01cd1595$a8c55ef0$fa501cd0$@net> <4F821954.1060302@gmx.com>
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=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nv= ass@gmx.com>=0ATo: Jay West <jwest@ezwind.net> =0ACc: 'Adam Vande More' <am= vandemore@gmail.com>; 'mikel king' <mikel.king@olivent.com>; freebsd-questi= ons@freebsd.org =0ASent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 7:03 PM=0ASubject: Re: Token= Ring (really)=0A =0AOn 4/8/2012 4:41 PM, Jay West wrote:=0A> Adam wrote...= =0A>=0A> Otherwise, it's time to abandon steamships for airplanes.=A0 Sound= s like you=0A> have a primed business opportunity just waiting to be exploi= ted.=0A>=0A> -----------=0A> Actually, this is for a historical re-creation= project. Airplanes would be=0A> entirely inappropriate for a historical di= splay, so steamships it is. Last I=0A> checked, there was no primed busines= s opportunity in doing something for=0A> non-profits (museums, etc.) :)=0A>= =0A> I guess I'll have to see how tough it would be to yank the TR code fro= m 7x=0A> and get it running under 9x. Probably above my skillset, but I'll = have a=0A> looksee.=0A>=0A> J=0A>=0A=0AHi,=0A=0AYou could try finding an "e= thernet to token ring" translating bridge,=0Athough I am not aware of the b= udget will need - or if you'll find one=0Aanyways.=0A=0AJust a thought,=0A= =0ANikos=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-questi= ons@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr= eebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsub= scribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0ASorry to jump in on this one so late but here i= s my 2 cents on this one:=0A=0AMadge cards were all the rage back in 1996 t= hru 1999. I was IT Mgr for a=0Afinancial services company which ran token r= ing....ring in-ring out and pass=0Athe MAU-e-wau-e pipe please. Back then, = Madge cards ran $300 or more.=0AThese days you can buy a 1000mbs ethernet c= ard for $5. So I vote for=0Aswapping out the NIC and get on with life.
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