I was curious as to what this was so I Googled it.
A couple appear on epay -
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Livingston-PortMaster-2E-Communications-Server-/400327660103
Wow - not sure of that’s a realistic expectation of what they're worth or not.
I used to do quite a bit with Livisington Portmasters. They were used to
allow dialup ISPs to function in the early days before modems went direct
digital (T1/E1/PRI) by providing serial ports and it could terminate SLIP
and PPP.
You can also set it to up allow telnet (not ssh) to the unit and each tcp
port # would pass thru to the serial port on the unit. So I had a few
hooked to all the serial consoles of Sun and SGI boxes.
Like a Cyclades.
I still have a PM-2E which is the thinner version that needs special
breakout cables from 50 or 68 pin scsi connectors to DB25. I have a number
of the cables too, could use a home for them -- could bring it to VCF
East if interest.
Also, a friend recently reverse engineered the password reset function for
these so it's possible to reset the password without paying on the other
website.
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: Ethan O'Toole
