Sooo... how are you handling the fact that you need eight POTS lines
running to the modem pool?
I can only assume your VOIP provider offers multiple lines (pooled to a
single dial-in number) at some kind of reasonable package rate?
Otherwise, that seems fairly cost-prohibitive for a science project.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Steven Landon <slandon110 at gmail.com> wrote:
Timmy and I would like to share our progress so far on
the new TimmyNet
Telco Rack
We built this out of cheap lumber from home depot. Upper panel will hold
66 blocks, the wiring, stuff like that, first shelf is the 24 port switch
which handles the network, 2nd shelf holds the Wyse Terminal for
monitoring the asterisk connection to C*NET, 3rd Shelf is the TimmyNet
PBX, 4th shelf contains a Mac Mini which will soon host
timmytel.com,
4th shelf is the Asterisk server, bottom shelf will eventually contain
back up batteries for everything, so in the event of a power failure, The
internet and Timmynet stay on. We've left space for a 1A2 system once we
get one here. Hoping to have it all tied into asterisk eventually.
Our eventual goal is a modem pool with 8 lines, thatll support PPP and
dial in shell access for old computers. We have had the IIGS online over
VOIP with a PPP Server running on Linux and it works pretty good at around
14.4. Once it's all up you will all be able to call in with your olden
machines and have some fun reliving the experience and the pain of slow
dial in lol.
My son is 9 years old and loves vintage computers and telephones. His
favorite being his IIGS and his C64DTV. But he also plays on others like
an Old Mac Performa 631CD. Nothing like a LAN party playing DOOM
together over the network on it. He prints banners and signage all the
time on the IIGS. Hoping to get him out to a VCF one of these days, I
just wish there was one mid summer that was close, that way id be able to
take him to it.
Anyways heres pics of the project, Timmy has done most of the work
including punching down the 66 block and painting
https://flic.kr/p/niUEUY
https://flic.kr/p/niUoXQ
https://flic.kr/p/niUorr