Silvio CHERUBINI wrote:
...
> Is there anyone who knows if there's a 3D CAD software available under
> Linux?
I haven't tried it - but I read some positive discussion regarding QCAD
in a mailing list recently.
> And is there any way to makea sort of local net bitween two machine
> WITHOUT using specialized card? I'm wondering whether one could do that
> via a serial port....
Definitely... you can use ppp over serial ports look at
/usr/doc/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO
You can also use PLIP over parallel port connections see "PLIP" - look
at NET-3-HOWTO section 9.2-ish...
Also try "grep -i..." for various relevant keywords on files in the
/usr/doc/HOWTO and /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini directories....
I haven't tried the direct cabled connections myself (although I use ppp
extensively over a serial modem) - but they should work pretty much the
same way...
Also, depending on your constraints, budget, etc... you might want to
consider inexpensive network cards. I just picked up a NetGear FA310
base-10/100 network card - cost was about U$25.00 (of course you would
need 2 and some cables).
Dave
