BL> My old 100MHz 486 is probably fast enough for simple Linux, but
BL> it's ISA and the new one is PCI. John Tserk... Smith gave me a
BL> pair of ISA ethenet cards, but where do I get a PCI network
BL> card that runs ethernet? And where do I get a fast ISA modem?
BL> By the time I've spent $200 I might as well buy a whole new
BL> box, and use *this* one as the server.

JB> Them blue cables (cat 5) with the modular plugs are still
JB> ethernet, (of a sort) there's ISA cards out there that'll work
JB> with them, EAN adaptors too.

JB> I'd almost forgotten about 50 ohm BNC connector "thin"
JB> ethernet. I've never EAN + drop-cable seen a "thick" ethernet
JB> setup. (EAN is that 15 pin socket)

 Yeah... I can botch together a system, or simply chuck to old 486
and start again.

Regards,
Bob


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