Re: GPLed Linux-SNA

[mmadore <mmadore@xxxxxxxxx>]

> You can do SNA via token ring just fine.  We've done that for an AS/400 and
> for an AS/36.  You cannot use a S/36, only an AS/36.  Otherwise, you will need
> Twinax card/emulator board.
> 
> BTW, an offer I made some time ago is still good.  I will write a Linux driver
> for an emulator board for free if some company would like to give me *ALL*
> relevant specs, an email address of someone who wrote existing DOS/Windows
> drivers, and the board and allow the driver to be published under the GPL.  I
> could use it in conjunction with my S/36 at home :)
> 
> I'm not sure how much of a market is left for such devices, but if any company
> is still making them, it's a deal you can't beat.

I would love to be able to have a linux box with multiple twinax cards.
I would use it as a console for our mutiple AS/400's.  Then I could telnet
to that box and do stuff that requires the system to be in a restricted
state.

Mike Madore

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