First post, by TheAdmiralty
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Hello!
Back with one helluva strange project I've got going on. As a sort of proof-of-concept project, I'm building a bridge back through networking history - so far, here's what I've got set up:
Comcast Modem -> Wireless Router -> HP DL380/G4 Server -> Ad-Hoc Wireless Network -> Asus G75 Laptop -> Ethernet Cord -> Lenovo M55E Desktop -> [No Link] -> Cyrix M2-300 System -> Direct Serial Connection -> Cyrix Cx486 System -> Acoustic Modem (Not yet implemented) -> IBM PS/2 Model 80
My intentions were to have some sort of dialup modem connection along the way, specifically between the Lenovo and Cyrix M2-based systems, but this is a bit challenging as I don't have any sort of provider-driven phone line to use. I'll get this out of the way, too: my goal is to have internet (or at least shared file) access the whole way down this chain of increasingly aged systems, as a demonstration, not for actual efficiency or usage. I don't actually have an acoustic modem to rig the 486 system and a friend's PS/2-Model 80 together yet, but that's going to happen eventually.
I've heard that there are/were several line-driver emulators available for testing a 56K modem, as you can't actually have a direct connection between the two without a 'hot' line in place. I honestly have little to no experience in the days of dialup, so this isn't my area of expertise... in a perfect world, there would be some sort of ethernet-enabled router that could be dialed into, but I just don't know if these exist or are even possible. What exactly is the best way to getting a direct connection between two systems with either two modems, or one modem and an ethernet controller? If there's ANY way at all to do this, please do tell... I'm not concerned about time nor difficulty, though I only have around $40 to dump into this little demonstration.
Any tips would be much appreciated!
-Matt
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