10 Jan
2002
10 Jan
'02
6:10 p.m.
The 3Station was an early IBM compatible diskless workstation.
They used a 12Mhz 80286 IIRC. The network boot protocol was
proprietary to 3COM, but once you were linked to a disk image
on a Server running 3+Share (and 3+Start) you could use any
protocol that had drivers for the NIC on the 3Station.
There were two version of the 3Station; the main differences
being Video and maximum memory size. It seems like there were
ROM's available that allowed you to use it on a Novell network,
but I don't remember the details.
I don't think using it as an X-Station is a good idea-- I
strongly suspect you'll need a bit more muscle to do X.
Besides, if it's the earlier model 3c1100 (very likely)
it can only do EGA, MDA or (yeek) CGA.
I still have a copy of 3+Share (and 3+Start) around here
someplace . . .
That remark about the 3Server needing constant attention
was right on the mark. I lost quite a few nights sleep
maintaining one of these beasties (my first SYSADMIN job).
I could almost run the diags in my sleep after awhile.
The backup system almost never worked.
Jeff
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:06:55 -0600 Jon Auringer <auringer(a)tds.net>
writes:
Hey Pat,
Pat Finnegan wrote:
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I just picked up a 3com 3station for a few $$ at
university
salvage today.
It seems to be a rather neat little system.
Inside it has a
header (J9)
that appears to be a floppy disk connector (34pin
header). Does
anyone
know anymore about these things or have software
for it (it'd be
nice to
use it as an Xterminal, but who knows if
that'll ever work...)
I don't have direct information on the 3station, but I do have a
3server. The 3server is based on a 80186 processor. Luckily it was
pulled from service here before I took over. I recall that is was in
need of almost constant attention. I will see if the documentation I
have includes the 3station or any other pertinent information. Time
permitting, of course. :)
Later,
Jon
Jon Auringer
auringer(a)tds.net