Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:34:11 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: freelist@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LAT support Message-ID: <199601040134.SAA16387@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199601032258.PAA29209@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 3, 96 03:58:09 pm
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> > Someone just dropped an old DECserver 200/MC on my lap that would be > > nice to use for some cruddy little dialup, but it (a) needs a loader for > > the software when it boots up and (2) only does LAT connection. Anyone > > ever program any LAT support for FreeBSD? > > Nope, and if I remember correctly DEC won't release the specs on LAT, so > it will probably never happen. > > DECnet may happen, LAT won't. On the other hand, this is a relatively simple box to trace out, and you can use the 68k version of GAS to write download code for it if you have got DECNet up enough to answer MOP-MOM request (Maintenance Operations Protocol, "boot me"). If you burn your own prom, you can even put a version of KA9Q on the thing and have it download via bootp. I am too old to remember everything involved, so don't ask. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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