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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 at 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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