27 Oct
2012
27 Oct
'12
11:41 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, 28 October 2012 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: networking classic hardware
On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Tom Sparks wrote:
<snip>
I hoping to use ethernet hardware, so I can use power over ethernet, ATA over ethernet,
KVM over ip, Audio over ethernet etc
??no, I am think of using these parallel printer
servers connected to the
printers
??the classic systems print request is send to the
linux box
??the linux box sends the print request to the compatibly printer or save it
as a
pdf file
Ok, having re-read the entire thread, I have a better idea of what you are
after.
For printing, I used a multi-port parallel autoswitch with its inputs connected
to the different computers I wanted to print from.
As for serial connections, if you just wanted to use the machines as terminals,
a basic terminal server would do the job,
so a shell account is doable :)
but since you also want to be able to
transfer files, you'd need something more flexible.
what about Zmodem for basic
file transfer?
Standalone serial device servers such as the Lantronix UDS10 probably aren't
going to do what you want (or at least not easily) if you want to transfer files
and data between the classic system and the Linux computer. For inbound telnet
connections /to/ a system, devices such as the UDS10 can work pretty well
though.
when I am in serial mode I can only talk to CUPS/lpd
when I am in modem mode I can "dail-into" a shell account, BBS , PPP etc
i've contacted lantronix, to see if the could add auto-switch mode to the firmware
tom
?