At 11:48 AM 6/29/00 -0500, you wrote: >A friend of mine and I bought a pair of P-75 IBM 350s (each >with a token ring card) for $100 (for the pair). They each >had 32MB of memory and a 510MB disk. Hmmm. Further investigation says this has 16MB RAM and 900MB HD So I suppose it could be a little high.... >The only thing weird about the machine is that it doesn't have >64MB as a supported memory configuration. (Me: "Doiy..") does RAM affect the firewall process? Doesn't it all just pass on through? (Newbie here...) So... Do I need to boost it to 32MB Would the slots automatically be there? >I did find an IBM site that had updates for it (video, BIOS, >and diagnostics). Do I want this address? (Heh, sure I'll take it if you have it handy. Don't go diggin' though.) >I plan to put a couple of 3c509s (that I already have) in mine >and use it for a firewall box. (Opens old RH5.2 Installation manual...) 3c509 = 3Com EtherLink III? (assuming the 's' means card's') The repair guy seller says he assumes "10BaseT" (Duh!!!??) He didn't know what maker. For a second card, what about the reliability of second hand ether cards? Any notions about that? Or should I just head for NanoSystems? gs ****************************************** George Swan Collection Development Support Unit VOICE: (612) 624-5860 Room 170B, Wilson Library FAX: (612) 626-9353 University of Minnesota Libraries g-swan at tc.umn.edu 309 19th Avenue South cdm-web at tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN 55455 colldev at tc.umn.edu USA http://staff.lib.umn.edu/cdm/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org