Retro networking / WAN communities
Grant Taylor
cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net
Mon Apr 11 23:56:20 CDT 2022
On 4/11/22 9:55 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
> I am not sure what the actual distinction is, but a 'managed bridge'
> turned up at the local antique market (!) some weeks back. It has a
> pair of AUI ports and from the amount of logic/processor power inside
> it does a lot more than just pass packets from one port to the other,
Would you be willing to share pictures?
> The main board contains a pair of ethernet interfaces (AM7990 based),
> a 68020 processor, ROM, RAM, etc. A board on top of of it called the
> 'FLUT' (Frame Look Up Table?) contains a CY7C901 (16 bit slice ALU --
> think of it as 4 off 2901 + carry loglc), a 29C10 seqencer, etc
Hum....
> After removing the leaking NiCd from the mainboard and repairing the
> corroded tracks it powers up and passes the self-tests. No idea what
> I'll use it for, but...
That seems like it would be an interesting piece of networking history
to own. If you're into that sort of thing. ;-)
--
Grant. . . .
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