386 server!!

[crazychicken]

i got just got a 386 server with cards that are all like twice as long as 8bit
hHAHAHAHHAHAHHA
i just thought i'd share my cool story with yall

duno what i'm gona do with it yet, but i'm sure it will be cool


laterz

 

[paruhd0x]

get two NICs and make a router

 

[mindiris]

Linux plus 2 NICs, skip the XServer, disable all unused daemons, servers, etc...

 

[mylam]

sounds cool

 

[crazychicken]

bump
Which linux do you recomend to do this with?
I had a hardware router, but i can always sell it. This might even be better cause i could run an ftp server too.

thanks
david

 

[jamarno]

We use a 386SX as the front end for a specialized non-programmable processor that runs faster than a 20 GHz Pentium.

 

[Soccerman]

go to Freesco to turn your 386 into a router using Linux! I'm not talking any cheapo router that's made specifically for your DSL/Cable connection, I'm talking one that actually routes packets!

 

[crazychicken]

jamarno

HOW WOULD I DO THIS ???
sounds insane
sounds impossible
i don't believe you
BUT if it is TRUE
TELL ME HOW!

 

[jamarno]

This computer is a custom-designed parallel processor made of gate array chips, and its program (some kind of optimization algorithm) is practically hard wired into it, sort of like a floating point processor's or graphics processor's. It's designed to run at up to 50 MHz (usually operated at half that speed), which should give an idea of just how inefficient general purpose computer instructions are in comparison.