If anyone has something with an ISA slot, I just got an 8 bit, 4 port serial card with the cable. I'm happy to lend it. -J On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 11:39 AM andy diller via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
The 500-CS looks interesting.
It's like the old Xylogics Annex Servers? I.e. some TCPIP port for the lan, and then 16 serial ports?
So we can hook up say 4 terminals to 4 serial ports, and say 8 hosts to 8 other ports- and you can mux the terminals to any of the other async ports? And also use the LAN to telnet into the 500 and then connect to a host?
Do you have serial cables for it?
Actually buying the Lantronix or Xylogics is the easy part- getting 20 serial cables that connect is the hard part :)
-andy
On Mar 28, 2019, at 8:54 AM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 3/28/19 7:09 AM, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There are a bunch of Lantronix dual-port WiBox Wireless Device Servers in the CDL lab if it makes the task any easier: https://www.lantronix.com/products/wibox-dual-port/ On 3/27/2019 9:45 PM, Andrew Diller via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm considering getting a lantronix or such type term server, i'll see if VCF has one we can use maybe in the warehouse this Sat.
That will allow all our terms to connect to all the hosts via console ports if we can get one.
I also have a Cisco 500-CS (16 ports). I haven't booted it in a while. I have a nice large Cisco ACS (80 port terminal server). I think both qualify as vintage. The ACS sounds like a leaf blower. ;-)
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