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On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Paul A Vixie wrote: > as long as we're doing hardware design on the nanog list again, i'd like to > mention that there's a little device that sits on an ISA bus and has an > onboard PCIC (PCMCIA bus controller). to this one attaches a pair of > 50-pin ribbon cables, and to these one attaches a device that fits > physically where a 3.5-inch floppy drive would fit (which means you > generally need a 5.25-inch expansion mount, cost:$3.00). the whole thing > costs about $150. > > if your UNIX-like system that runs on an ISA bus also would run on a laptop > and knows how to support PCMCIA devices, it will see these slots as > completely normal. and if you put an NCR WaveLAN into one, you have > yourself an ether/wireless router. Yes, the prob is that it uses the CPU to do the BGP stuff and to route packets. This is a bad way to do it, you dont want to use your CPU to move the packets. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email [email protected] Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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