Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 14:11:54 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: deeptech71@gmail.com Cc: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? Message-ID: <20070407191154.GP68260@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <4616686C.8000603@gmail.com> References: <200704051719.l35HJ2ZW018555@lurza.secnetix.de> <461584D4.4010606@gmail.com> <200704061227.11036.danny@ricin.com> <4616686C.8000603@gmail.com>
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deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Danny Pansters wrote: > > CPUs, SCSIs removed, faith removed. > Currently I don't have anything useful on the old board, such as a net card, > but I'm planning to use it as a router, and I should be able to do VPN stuff. > So I've left gif and tunnel and ppp. When I do have a NIC, I will enable some > NIC support. > I've never used a printer/parallel port or a serial port, but google images > revealed that I have them, so I've left them there. > I gather pty is for su's. Why do i need md? > Well, if a standard 6.2 installation doesn't use 4.x or 5.x binaries by > default, like 3.4 binaries, then I will remove it. > Removed PS/2 mouse. Included MSDOS for mounting floppies. > What about apic? > VPN over 56k maybe? You're going to be very unhappy trying to use a 486 for a VPN at anything approximating a sane data-rate, even more so if you are short of RAM and dug into swap under normal operation. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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