Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Token Ring (really) Message-ID: <1334154785.65754.YahooMailNeo@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4F821954.1060302@gmx.com> References: <000301cd1412$b39c1550$1ad43ff0$@net> <000801cd141b$01c9fe60$055dfb20$@net> <EA802BC7-5153-48ED-903B-15363A63F34C@olivent.com> <000001cd1465$f8d56740$ea8035c0$@net> <CA%2BtpaK1qk-JXzWPfS4UiPrzECPZ8nXxbk0Rbnmro7QstG%2B-YJg@mail.gmail.com> <000b01cd1595$a8c55ef0$fa501cd0$@net> <4F821954.1060302@gmx.com>
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________________________________ From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> To: Jay West <jwest@ezwind.net> Cc: 'Adam Vande More' <amvandemore@gmail.com>; 'mikel king' <mikel.king@olivent.com>; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 7:03 PM Subject: Re: Token Ring (really) On 4/8/2012 4:41 PM, Jay West wrote: > Adam wrote... > > Otherwise, it's time to abandon steamships for airplanes. Sounds like you > have a primed business opportunity just waiting to be exploited. > > ----------- > Actually, this is for a historical re-creation project. Airplanes would be > entirely inappropriate for a historical display, so steamships it is. Last I > checked, there was no primed business opportunity in doing something for > non-profits (museums, etc.) :) > > I guess I'll have to see how tough it would be to yank the TR code from 7x > and get it running under 9x. Probably above my skillset, but I'll have a > looksee. > > J > Hi, You could try finding an "ethernet to token ring" translating bridge, though I am not aware of the budget will need - or if you'll find one anyways. Just a thought, Nikos _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Sorry to jump in on this one so late but here is my 2 cents on this one: Madge cards were all the rage back in 1996 thru 1999. I was IT Mgr for a financial services company which ran token ring....ring in-ring out and pass the MAU-e-wau-e pipe please. Back then, Madge cards ran $300 or more. These days you can buy a 1000mbs ethernet card for $5. So I vote for swapping out the NIC and get on with life.help
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