Paul McCourt wrote:
>> PROBLEM 1:- AUI network ports on the back, how is it possible to get the
> gear for this network connection or has anybody got any spare stuff at a
> good price? +inc a SCSI CDROM to get me going?
>You'll need to get your hands on a few RJ45 transievers that will allow
you to connect to the network as usual. Probably cheapest if purchased
from England but I may be wrong.
> PROBLEM 2:- Recomended Distro for these boxes?
RedHat will work fine with this hardware, albeit rather slowly, provided
they have enough memory. I have a IPC running RH6.1 and a SparcStation
2 with OpenBSD 2.5 but neither will win any benchmarking contests.
Best Regards,
Ciaran.
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