I still have an IPC on my desk as a monitor stand. In 1996 I used it as a router...

geoffeg · 2024-10-01T21:38:32 1727818712

I have been thinking about getting an old IPC or IPX and swapping out the internals with a modern PC motherboard and components, but only if I can do it cleanly. I haven't done it due to not having enough free time and... it just feels wrong to me in some way.

formerly_proven · 2024-10-01T21:50:21 1727819421

Ah the trouble of finding a unix workstation with a pristine case and thoroughly cooked interior so you don't feel bad about gutting it for a casemod. Call me when you find one.

icedchai · 2024-10-01T22:20:44 1727821244

I hear you. For most of the 90's, I had my home network on a publicly routed /24, no firewall.

testfoobar · 2024-10-02T05:57:07 1727848627

Hosted my own domain and mail server right under my desk...

icedchai · 2024-10-02T15:55:15 1727884515

Same! I now have the /24 routed over a wireguard tunnel. About 5 years back I was able to register my own ASN and set up peering through a VPS.

technofiend · 2024-10-01T23:10:07 1727824207

Same! My IPC served my domain using Solaris on a nailed up bonded ISDN circuit until someone filled the root disk trying to patch the rpc.cmsd remote exploit. After that it was BSDs until I settled on OpenBSD.