From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 14:33:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D12B1065688 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:33:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm29-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm29-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [98.139.213.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 685258FC22 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.149] by nm29.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Apr 2012 14:33:05 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.229] by tm6.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Apr 2012 14:33:05 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1038.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Apr 2012 14:33:05 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 822471.85558.bm@omp1038.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 71433 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Apr 2012 14:33:05 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1334154785; bh=L6c/YRFGMGyaq1a6QhaZyOC6m3JUGXhHnH5075gurlw=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=h4F7b7Y8kFGB7zW2komrsRK7yO7OBKafM3hDuI2spOD2zTTCxqsC5nslh4vOurEyrbh3sdKtvyRIk9Px088EX6eiiQPp1JJOC1yfqQcBQoy9A08txumQhqTtyTPRgzN8hJO/seHjmd6RXjkUbJYO/M6TS4FsGhg0UhMf+bE0XSk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=M7x1qMvvQV05fR6ktAIK9MfukS4oPYrULJDLJTNSdEugezRyrw/zrg14Em2sViBtNCMtuAAr0kBIp14FMh6EIwpyRtHo+JFm4+Zt2iGx5IV3qc6FFVS/9yMsFtA6voIrRRn2ZJvcweJvQU3qcOocNM7A5mHOrkOpPbB4Yw6m3rA=; X-YMail-OSG: fKjMZeYVM1mJEDsZUF0qGIET2zIhP.98wl56434PZzDOL13 epx.X5wVHVLVNqUYOGToeTmo.Sc8uAB.2_wxSmWH8O1ScfNUzTt80OpDgySY uF1pBjAncOW5IlnXLL.UIRRsTt3lLseX3vRVjD0Fk.0ycZRHq2GC2u8Ssxzq 9K1Ua6p4Na4MKIpRPKRgDlUcvoiAUqHzAj8K3bbZHGPD8zPwScj.XPxnqs36 uvoGifVARqvb8Bquf7.C2EnZYyvBrSu.ePWTtZme1JoyVH6dy.vfjpYcozwv OGg6Xq6YcZIZ3ix4XuIA5Ggk.QJqXXsHZ6uzCX83ycj2Ub897In3RADwCveE Yu0ZrWXec4eNT64FgebgySAhtrdBhecS9xn8DmDYJo_oikb1ey8P5rJQhHno YxDg.H6byqRxb9u6wRZ_djyvObiDYqDJaCnDeFxS3jz7k5pTJpITgOlSwhnr GJKCOtJqBPmrRmTUba7AiwVo9Qw-- Received: from [173.221.141.195] by web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:05 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.117.340979 References: <000301cd1412$b39c1550$1ad43ff0$@net> <000801cd141b$01c9fe60$055dfb20$@net> <000001cd1465$f8d56740$ea8035c0$@net> <000b01cd1595$a8c55ef0$fa501cd0$@net> <4F821954.1060302@gmx.com> Message-ID: <1334154785.65754.YahooMailNeo@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <4F821954.1060302@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Token Ring (really) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:33:07 -0000 =0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Nikos Vassiliadis =0ATo: Jay West =0ACc: 'Adam Vande More' ; 'mikel king' ; freebsd-questi= ons@freebsd.org =0ASent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 7:03 PM=0ASubject: Re: Token= Ring (really)=0A =0AOn 4/8/2012 4:41 PM, Jay West wrote:=0A> Adam wrote...= =0A>=0A> Otherwise, it's time to abandon steamships for airplanes.=A0 Sound= s like you=0A> have a primed business opportunity just waiting to be exploi= ted.=0A>=0A> -----------=0A> Actually, this is for a historical re-creation= project. Airplanes would be=0A> entirely inappropriate for a historical di= splay, so steamships it is. Last I=0A> checked, there was no primed busines= s opportunity in doing something for=0A> non-profits (museums, etc.) :)=0A>= =0A> I guess I'll have to see how tough it would be to yank the TR code fro= m 7x=0A> and get it running under 9x. Probably above my skillset, but I'll = have a=0A> looksee.=0A>=0A> J=0A>=0A=0AHi,=0A=0AYou could try finding an "e= thernet to token ring" translating bridge,=0Athough I am not aware of the b= udget will need - or if you'll find one=0Aanyways.=0A=0AJust a thought,=0A= =0ANikos=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-questi= ons@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr= eebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsub= scribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0ASorry to jump in on this one so late but here i= s my 2 cents on this one:=0A=0AMadge cards were all the rage back in 1996 t= hru 1999. I was IT Mgr for a=0Afinancial services company which ran token r= ing....ring in-ring out and pass=0Athe MAU-e-wau-e pipe please. Back then, = Madge cards ran $300 or more.=0AThese days you can buy a 1000mbs ethernet c= ard for $5. So I vote for=0Aswapping out the NIC and get on with life.