At 3:12 PM 1/29/96 -0800, Duane Percox wrote: >Chris writes: >>Until/unless someone gets that running, you'll still require an external >>unix system somewhere to get a 3000 useable on the 'net. (groan) > >Ahem... or any system capable of being a DNS server, as in Windows NT. So you can spend $700 on software and buy a 20+Mb 486DX4/100 for NT Server, or $0 on software and find a 4Mb 386 for Linux. The performance will be about the same. Actually, this is a very inexpensive way to try out using a nameserver. For anyone interested in trying it, the Slackware Linux distribution (probably most others as well) comes with all the Internet software ready to run. I just had to modify the sample configuration files and type "named" and magic!, a nameserver. Granted, the phrase "just modify the sample configuration files" covers a multitude of sins, but you'll need to do that no matter which platform you choose for a nameserver. -- Bruce --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. [log in to unmask] | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay