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- From: rob@sound.demon.co.uk (Robert J Barth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Weird server box + 18 ports ?!
- Message-ID: <726039243snx@sound.demon.co.uk>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 22:34:03 GMT
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- Reply-To: rob@sound.demon.co.uk
- Organization: Sound & Vision BBS (UK) 0932 252323
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- WHAT IS THIS THING ?
-
- >A THING WITH 18 PORTS IN THE BACK OF IT !!
- >
- >I have a very odd machine indeed.... any ideas what it is & what it can do ?
- >Rough description :
- >Appears to be 'Genroco GE1121' but has 'BusinessTelecommunicationsServicesLtd'
- >stickered on it
- >PC-Desktop case, with:
- > On the back there are 16 ports marked 0-15, these are 25-way female
- > Ports 7 & 15 are blocked off with some sort of terminator.
- > There are 16 LEDs, one for each port.
- > Also 2 other ports, also 25-way female, one is 'Local Shutdown' one is 'Run'.
- > 5.25" floppy
- > 1/2 height hard disk, Fujitsu (the M2227D2 I just mentioned)
- > Huge & loud fan, with a 2.5 amp fuse next to it.
- > On the front, 2 buttons : Run/Halt, and Boot
- >Inside it's also quite odd -
- > 3 boards behind the ports, 'General Robotics Corp 1987'
- > A stack-type case (25cmx30cm), with 4 slots, which have:
- > floppy card,
- > hard disk card,
- > 2mb out of 4mb (I think),
- > other odd cards
- >
- >I have a VT220 terminal with it, which has 2 ports:
- > MAIN -> server
- > AUX -> serial
- > I've managed to connect a modem to this one, and call up the BBS,
- > so that works !
- >
- >Any ideas on how to connect the 2 things together, what comms protocols etc
- >greatly appreciated... or source for a manual ?
-
- Someone must know ?
-
- cheers
- -rob-
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