on 1/13/00 7:28 AM, Arno Griffioen at arno@usn.nl wrote:

>> Speaking of insane thoughts, I got this idea about writing an OS for a
>> DECserver
>> 200. One of those 8-port terminal servers with a 68000. A fine 'OS' would
>> probably be just a chat program for all eight terminals or a really simple,
>> character-based multiplayer shoot'em up game (ever played nsnipes on
> 
> uClinux? Should be perfect for that. Already runs on Atari ST's, Amiga 500's
> and the like.
> 
>> would be far too big. I wonder where one can find specs & programming info
>> for these obscure devices..
> 
> That is a whole different story.. But if DEC (in it's infinite wisdom)
> used off the shelf parts then you may 'only' need to locate some
> addresses for I/O chips.
> 
> If they used custom hardware then you're out of luck..
> 
> Bye, Arno.

    Hehe, as long as we're on the topic :) I've got a DEC LANbridge 200
sitting in my closet. I opened it up and noticed that it has both an
Motorola 68020 @ 20 MHz AND an LSI R3000?! It seems to have quite a bit of
buffer memory and two 10Base Ethernet interfaces.
    Could anything useful be done with this? I don't have any software nor
any documentation for it, and I can't justify the 4 Amps it sucks down for
the pretty flashing lights :-)