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   > i was just yesterday looking at single-board-computers with authentic intel   
   > 386 cpus, dos in firmware, network interface and compact flash. it would be   
   po   
   > ible to go old school with a little novell network or something and not   
   totall   
   > eat it in electric costs. there are even hardware serial to telnet devices   
   tha   
   > pretend to be a modem..   
      
   > unfortunately they're around $300/ea and the novelty wears off pretty quick   
   if   
   > ou wanted more than maybe two nodes..   
      
   Indeed.  Something else I have run into is that there are some retro things   
   that work so long as you don't upgrade your underlying OS.  In my case, I   
   had a dial up modem working with a DOS-based BBS  that was running in   
   dosemu on a linux box.  It was using one of the USB to 9-pin adapters.   
      
   As the SBC it was all running on is public facing, I didn't want the   
   version of linux running under it all to get too long in the tooth.  Once I   
   upgraded it, I could never get it all working again.   
      
   The dial-up DOS BBS node is still running, but on its own box now that runs   
   an older version of linux, a built in real serial port, and heats the room   
   up real good on a summer day.  :)  The ultimate solution may be to move   
   that box into the basement where the heat won't matter so much.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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