10 Oct
2001
10 Oct
'01
12:45 p.m.
Grin, did someone mention Token Ring? One of my favorite toys to play with?
I've often found Token Ring better than EtherNet and AppleTalk.
While on the slew of topics, I must also say that I love SCSI. I used to be
a die-hard IDE fan and then came along a head-to-platter crash. Away went
three term papers. After that, I went to SCSi and haven't had an actual
failure yet (over 4 years, a few of my drives were used and over 9 to 10
years old). Plus, the whole idea of LUNS, ID's and Termination with chains
was more logical and reliable in the long run.
-John Boffemmyer IV
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Since
you've got LocalTalk running to the box, then I'd also run MacGate
which would let you run MacIP (IP over LocalTalk).
Good page for MacGate looks like
http://www.linux-sna.org/software2/Appletalk/index.html
As for other fun topologies, you already mentioned
TokenRing. My personal
choice would be to also add HomePNA (Ethernet over phonelines). The 1MB
HomePNA 1.0 cards (the only ones supported by Linux)are very cheap these
days. I picked up a pair from Computer Geeks (http://www.compgeeks.com) for
something like $12. Now if I could just find a cheap Ethernet/HomePNA bridge
for the Nubus Mac in the spare bedroom...
I was lucky and picked up a couple cards from MicroCenter including the
network/modem gateway card.