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    From mary4@21:1/166 to All on Sun May 5 00:15:35 2024
    i need a parallell to ethernet adapter for my XT laptops (8088 book and amstrad ppc640) the xircom one is just too expensive
    i wondering about diy or opensource solutions for it?
    i need dos packet drivers for it too

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  • From kirkspragg@21:2/150 to mary4 on Sat May 4 14:17:31 2024
    i need a parallell to ethernet adapter for my XT laptops (8088 book and amstrad ppc640) the xircom one is just too expensive

    I'm not aware of anything. Best I can suggest is to try one of the serial port-ethernet adapters that are out there. Lantronix make a few and there are other manufactures of these devices & you can get older models pretty cheaply (at least for less than the xircom) on ebay.

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  • From calcmandan@21:1/172 to mary4 on Sat May 4 22:26:46 2024
    I have a spare still in the bag that came with a cisco firewall. I am a network engineer by trade and have spares from various appliances - we use the serial cables to connect with the management interfaces.

    Send me a netmail with your address and it'll go out on Monday.

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  • From mary4@21:1/166 to kirkspragg on Sun May 12 02:50:48 2024
    I'm not aware of anything. Best I can suggest is to try one of the serial port-ethernet adapters that are out there. Lantronix make a few and
    there are other manufactures of these devices & you can get older models pretty cheaply (at least for less than the xircom) on ebay.

    ohh imma get some! :D

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  • From kirkspragg@21:1/101 to mary4 on Sun May 12 18:30:54 2024
    ohh imma get some! :D

    Would be interested to hear you experiences with them. I've got a couple of weeks more to wait before mine arrive & I have the chance to play around with them.

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