Subject: Re: powerbook duo 250 needed for loan to get supported?
To: nick thompson <nicholas.thompson1@mchsi.com>
From: William Duke <wduke@cogeco.ca>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/30/2006 16:31:28
On Tue, 2006-30-05 at 05:49 -0500, nick thompson wrote:
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> William Duke wrote:
> > So how are you going to set it up?   Are you going to use a modem to
> > dial in to your ISP?   Or are you going to use another *nix box as a
> > gateway to your broadband connection?
> > 
> > Personally, I would explore the latter.   But then, if your only other
> > machine is an iMac, you probably don't have a serial port available to
> > establish a null modem connection.  
> > 
> > If only you had a PC or another old world Mac with a serial port...
> > Hmmm...
> > 
> 
> William,
>  I said the only other *mac* i had was that Imac. I have 10+ pcs here,
> so I plan on using the serial of one as a gateway to my cable modem and
> the rest of my lan. Hauke is writing up a howto on something in the area
> of that. I think it will be a very useful document.
> 

I'm sure it will be.   Anything that helps people install and use NetBSD
or Linux is a very useful document.