From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 3 19:48:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA04372 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:48:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA03508 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:41:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA09875; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:12:14 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601040342.OAA09875@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: LAT support To: freelist@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu (Don Whiteside) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:12:14 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Don Whiteside" at Jan 3, 96 04:05:39 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Don Whiteside stands accused of saying: > > > 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? To boot that box, you need MOP. MOP is proprietary DEC; I've seen an attempt at reverse engineering that had most of the basic information, but on top of that you need all the other stuff. (LAT, Decnet etc.) On top of that, the DS200 is a really cheesy terminal server. Sell it to a VMS or Ultrix shop and go buy a multiport serial card 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[