Did not read. It's $80 buried in your paragraphs of info.
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:13:13 -0700
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> My recent battles with Samba have reminded me how much
> time is needed to conquer a new technical frontier.
> I can hack, but life keeps getting in the way and I need
> more sleep than I used to -- man, that really cuts into
> the hacking thing! -- so I am simplifying.
>
> Charlie Bullen gave me a good deal on a tiny, quiet box
> that can serve as a web server, firewall, etc. It is loaded
> with something like RH6 and special Cobalt provisions
> so that it boots up (slowly) in a pretty secure condition.
>
> It has no display except a little LCD. It has a primary
> ethernet facing the Net, and a secondary facing inside,
> plus a serial port you can hook up to. SSH is not
> currently installed.
>
> OK, so I will never get around to using this thing.
>
> I would want to upgrade all the software for security
> purposes -- it's out there, apparently, although this is a
> non-Intel box so there is a limited set of binaries available.
> It could accommodate a compiler, but again it's a tad slow.
> Someone who is comfortable with cross-compilation would
> probably have more fun with this.
>
> Charlie told me it was worth something like $2000 a few
> years ago. Now it's not . . . So I will try to recoup most
> of my investment by asking $80. That will go down over
> time until someone can't resist this toy.
>
> Below are some miscellaneous links I've collected.
>
> Take care,
>
> Vic
>
> Basic info:
>
> <http://cobalt-aid2.lindist.dk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=76>
>
> Debian:
> <http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/index.php?title=Debian_on_Qube_2>
>
> NetBSD:
> <http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/>
>
> Misc:
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cobalt/2004/07/15/0001.html>
> <http://pkgmaster.com/packages/qube/2/>
> <http://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/>
> <http://cobalt-aid2.lindist.dk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=76>
> -----
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
--
Lyndon Tiu
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
(text/plain)