On 4/11/22 9:55 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
I am not sure what the actual distinction is, but a 'managed bridge' turned up at the local antique market (!) some weeks back. It has a pair of AUI ports and from the amount of logic/processor power inside it does a lot more than just pass packets from one port to the other,
Would you be willing to share pictures?
The main board contains a pair of ethernet interfaces (AM7990 based), a 68020 processor, ROM, RAM, etc. A board on top of of it called the 'FLUT' (Frame Look Up Table?) contains a CY7C901 (16 bit slice ALU -- think of it as 4 off 2901 + carry loglc), a 29C10 seqencer, etc
Hum....
After removing the leaking NiCd from the mainboard and repairing the corroded tracks it powers up and passes the self-tests. No idea what I'll use it for, but...
That seems like it would be an interesting piece of networking history to own. If you're into that sort of thing. ;-)
-- Grant. . . . unix || die
