[Gloucs] When car booting goes bad

[Glyn Davies]

Wotcha all.

I was wandering around the car boot at the racecourse this morning and 
was having a rummage through some interesting looking IBM boxes when the 
stall holder said "It's all free. Take everything away". Well, I did 
what any geek would do. Initially I stood over them like a growling dog 
and then, after claming down I walked off with a good armful.

What I had grabbed was clearly network computers.

However, my joy was soon forgotten when a quick Google threw up that the 
little beasties were token ring. I'm surprised that TR was still about 
when these boxes were made. Even more surprised that somebody had once 
bought these boxes.

So, any ideas what I can do with these? I guess with a TR card in my 
server I could talk to one but do you get TR hubs to network them all? 
Any advice on TR or these boxes will be gratefully received, 
particularly if you can tell me whether it's worth getting some kit 
together to get them working. Oh yeah, they didn't come with any power 
supplies and require 18VAC. Like I said, when booting goes bad.

Piccies of one of the little darlings is at:
http://www.walmore.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/ibm8361-200-1.jpg
and
http://www.walmore.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/ibm8361-200-2.jpg (sorry 
about the quality)


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Best Regards
Glyn Davies