[aprssig] Slightly OT. - shuttles

[wa7nwp at jnos.org]

> I've inherited a box of junk, inside were two boxes that claim to be
> "Internet Shuttle" made by Beacon.  They have a Power Switch and a
> small LCD display on the front, two serial ports, ethernet, PS/2 and
> parallel on the back.

> And a 262MB laptop Hard drive.
>
> What I was wondering was if anyone on this list is familiar with the
> motherboard.  As I was thinking of trying to use one as an I-Gate
> (subtly bringing it back on topic) if possible, or at least giving
> them something to do rather than throwing them in the bin.
>
> I tried booting the drive in a standard PC and it boots into DOS.

Sounds perfect for a dual port digi_ned system.

Bill