Next message: Robert W. James Jr: "[WinMac] Wireless Networking Resource"
Robert W. James Jr wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> A colleague of mine came up with an idea for my old Power Mac
> 7200/120s, which have never been put on our campus network. He
> suggested buying a Mac server to connect to the network, and
> hook the 7200s to it so they can get on the network. How practical
> is this? If we get a server running OS 9.1 or OS X (10.1?), would a
> pack of eight 7200/120s running OS 8.1 with 80MB RAM be able to
> hang on? You may recall that the 7200s have 10-Base T cards in
> them. I don't know anything about today's servers, so perhaps you
> can point me to a model that would work well with old machines.
Despite their age, those 7200/120's are perfectly compatible with
anything that's out there today, save OSX. Other than not being as
upgradeable as the rest of the 7X00 series, they'll run anything
current, up to OS 9.1. I wouldn't be surprised is someone hacks a way to
get OSX to boot on them.
All you need are physical ethernet connections and the IP address
information.
If they need to connect to NT servers, get DAVE...Dave runs perfectly
fine on my Powerbook 540C which predates those 7200's by some years, but
if all you want is web browsing and e-mail you don't need a server at
all. As I said, my Powerboiok 540 sitting right here on my desk connects
to our network without a hitch...all I needed for that was a
AAUI-10baseT tranceiver...you don't even need that with the 7200's.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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