Total Control Total Control: NMC Config September 26, 2024 / September 26, 2024 by mark | Leave a Comment Writing notes here for future reference. Connecting to serial console of the NMC, there is no password, and current firmware is: old LAN IP was 192.77.203.193, I’ve changed it to 10.254.255.46. SNMP strings are default (public RO, private RW). RADIUS secret key: serialport I saved config, then applied it by going to Command menu and […] Read more »
Total Control Cisco IAD2432 and PRI T1 September 25, 2024 / January 19, 2025 by mark | Leave a Comment We have a Cisco IAD2432-24FXS in use, we are currently using the FXS analog ports to provide analog modem lines for our ISP dial-in lines and for general use. Now that we have our 3com/USR Total Control running, we need to feed it with a PRI or channelized T1 (these are similar but slightly different). […] Read more » ISDN PRI T1 voip
Uncategorized Cisco ISP in a Box, option 2 (Cisco 3825) September 18, 2024 / September 18, 2024 by mark | 3 Comments on Cisco ISP in a Box, option 2 (Cisco 3825) One of our viewers assembled an “ISP in a box” setup with some more features than our original post. This setup has 4x FXS ports to provide analog dialtone, channelized T1 cards, and Cisco Digital Modem modules (like those in the AS5x00 series). Dialing 5551212 from an analog line will connect you to the modem […] Read more »
Networking Cabletron Ethernet April 19, 2024 / April 19, 2024 by mark | Leave a Comment We’ve started looking at 1980s Ethernet products recently, and Cabletron was one of the most prominent Ethernet vendors at the time. I stumbled upon this Ethernet Technology Guide published by Cabletron, and found it to be a very comprehensive of Ethernet history and how the physical LANs were built (10base5, 10base2, 10baseT) particularly the multi-port […] Read more » 10base5 cabletron
Accessory cards Uncategorized B.G. Micro Vocal Synthesizer Card February 17, 2024 / August 3, 2025 by mark | 2 Comments on B.G. Micro Vocal Synthesizer Card Our PC’s Limited (Dell) 286 computer came with a B.G. Micro vocal synthesizer card, which lets the computer “talk” in 1980s robot style. Two tantalum capacitors had failed on the board, so all were replaced. We showed it functioning in this restoration video: Photos Resources Resources we found related to this card components How it […] Read more » bgmicro dos synthesizer
Networking HP Procurve 1810G-24 J9450A January 28, 2024 / January 28, 2024 by mark | 3 Comments on HP Procurve 1810G-24 J9450A I’ve used several HP Procurve switches over the years and have found them to be great for general office use. We have been using a 1810G-24 (J9450A) switch in our lab, to keep machines online including the infamous Cobalt RaQ 3. This is a “web managed” switch, with basic VLAN support. On the plus side, […] Read more » hp procurve J9450A procurve 1810G
Internet BBN and Arpanet December 19, 2023 / December 19, 2023 by mark | Leave a Comment found some interesting materials from Dave Walden’s site Source: https://www.walden-family.com/bbn/ A great write-up of BBN history is also here, including details on their contract to provide modem dial-in service for AOL (over 400,000 modems!) Read more » arpanet BBN internet history
FreeBSD Installing FreeBSD 2.0.5 in a VM October 2, 2023 / August 5, 2025 by mark | Leave a Comment How to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 in a virtual machine Read more » freebsd virtualbox
Uncategorized Xyplex MaxServer Menu October 1, 2023 / October 1, 2023 by mark | 2 Comments on Xyplex MaxServer Menu While working on the Xyplex Maxserver 1620 for our upcoming terminal server video, I wanted to try re-creating a menu I thought I had seen before from a 1990s ISP. The idea is that the user can dial in with a modem, and then get a menu to choose between several options such as telneting […] Read more » isp ppp xyplex
Sun ZuluSCSI CD-ROM for Sun Sparcstation August 22, 2023 / August 22, 2023 by mark | Leave a Comment After we completed the hardware restoration on the Sun SparcCLASSIC, my first objective was to do a network-based Solaris install. I had heard many people talk about network installs of Solaris, in particular _Jumpstart_ which is an automated install method over the network. Eventually, we got the network install of Solaris 2.6 working and showed […] Read more » sparcclassic sparcstation zuluscsi
