> I'm looking at some of these DEC UDB/Multia boxes that are forsale both
> 166 and 233 MHz. In particular, a 233MHz Model #VX42A-F2 with 24M RAM,
> 510M hard disk that ships with NT.
I've got the 166MHz version. It needs more RAM, and was near-useless
without adding an external drive, but it's a decent machine. I wish I'd
waited 2 months to buy it - I'd have gotten the 233 version for the same
price.
> The specific goals of the DEC system would be to function as a print
> server (lpd) and a internet gateway with pppd and ip-masq.
Yup. Using mine as an ip-masq gateway and a SAMBA file and print server
for my Win95 machine. The only hitch is there's something weird in the
serial port or driver code (anyone know which, or if it's fixable?) that
keeps it from working faster than 38400 bps, and there's a problem
somewhere (perhaps my ISP) that drops carrier during large transfers. As
a research and "toy" machine, I love it.
> I'm especially curious about the stability of the kernel and how well it
> would work as a light-use print server and internet gateway. What is the
> performance like comparable to a Pentium system or a SPARC system?
It beats the heck out of my former Unix box (SS1+, 25MHz Sparc). The
166MHz compares decently to a P66, or a P90 for some things. I'd expect
the 233MHz (which can safely be jumpered to 266) to be faster, but
probably not comparable to a 200MHz Pentium or one of the current Sparc
boxes.
-- Mark Rafn markr@accoutrements.com
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