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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!europa.clark.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!nntp.uio.no!sn.no!uninett.no!news.algonet.se!pepsi.tninet.se!bengt!smedman From: smedman@bengt.algonet.se (Bjorn Smedman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: To buy or not to buy.... Date: 18 May 1997 11:54:50 GMT Organization: Algonet/Tninet Lines: 48 Message-ID: <5lmqma$6sj$1@zingo.tninet.se> References: <33792404.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: bengt.algonet.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41208 David Henshaw (dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote: : Hi all, : Currently I'm considering buying a second computer to run as a server. : Ideally, it will provide Internet access to a win95 machine. : I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.5 on a PC at the moment (co-existing with 95). : So far I've had my share of problems, but nothing that I haven't been : able to fix. : This machine has a 28.8 modem hooked up to provide access at the moment. : Ideally though, another machine would act as a gateway (that's right : isn't it ?) to this machine, which would be solely win95. : Currently the following is for sale and I'm considering buying. : DECstation 5000/25 : - 40M RAM : - 424M SCSI Disk (Internal) : - Built-in Audio : - Keyboard and 3-button mouse : - 24 bit Video (1280x1024x16M) : - 19" colour monitor : - Ethernet (AUI) + BNC Transceiver : - Ultrix 4.4 loaded (Installed) : - capable of running NetBSD/pmax, Linux/Mips (ie. Free Unix) : - AUS$1200 firm : To me this would appear to be a bargain (assuming it is all working). : My questions are - : 1). Can I hook up the modem to this machine. i.e. are the serial ports : of a DECstation 5000/25 and a PC compatible ? : 2). Would I be better of obtaining a second hand PC at the same cost ? : Any recommendations appreciated. : -- : David Henshaw : dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au Don't go near it! No, but seriously, I've played around with one of these running Ultrix and serial com is not it's tallent. To the best of my knowlige you cant even get hardware flowcontroll or push it over 38400 bps. -- Bjorn Smedman, smedman@algonet.se, http://www.algonet.se/~smedman. "Yes, Linux has a steep learning-curve. But the steep hill reaches heigher!"