So, wondering how the uclinux project is going, I discover a rather intersting
port.  Since I already had the targt hardware for said port...

*switches on the cisco 2500*

System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(5), RELEASE SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1994 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 14336 Kbytes of main memory
>b tftp linux.bin 10.10.69.4

Loading linux.bin .from 10.10.69.4 (via Ethernet0): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 1016360/14004330 bytes]
F3: 357064+659264+90906 at 0x1000
Hi

uClinux/MC68EC030
Cisco 2500 - Koen De Vleeschauwer
Flat model support (C) 1998,1999 Kenneth Albanowski, D. Jeff Dionne
 text=0x001000-0x0582c8 data=0x0582c8-0x0f9208   bss=0x0f9208-0x10f524
romfs=0x058bdc-0x0f07dd  mem=0x10f524-0x3fdfff stack=0x3fdfff-0x3fefff
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 4.33 BogoMIPS
Memory available: 2932k/3735k RAM, 0k/0k ROM (1152k kernel data, 348k code)
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035.
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
uClinux version 2.0.38.1pre3 (koen@w2k.thuis) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #5 Sun Aug 2
0 00:00:59 CEST 2000
2681 serial console initialized
Ramdisk driver initialized : 16 ramdisks of 4096K size
Blkmem copyright 1998,1999 D. Jeff Dionne
Blkmem copyright 1998 Kenneth Albanowski
Blkmem 1 disk images:
0: 58BDC-F07DB (RO)
PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
PPP line discipline registered.
SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256).
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California.
Open of blkmem arena 0 at 58bdc, length 97c00
VFS: Mounted root (romfs filesystem) readonly.
Shell invoked to run file: /etc/rc
Command: hostname c2500
Command: /sbin/expand /etc/ramfs.img /dev/ram0
Command: mount -t ext2 /dev/ram0 /var
Command: mount -t proc proc /proc
Command: mkdir /var/home
Command: mkdir /var/log
Command: mkdir /var/tmp
Command: cat /etc/motd
               _     _
              | |   |_|
    _   _ ____| |    _ ____  _   _ / \/ \
   | | | / ___| |   | |  _ \| | | |\    /
   | |_| | |__| |___| | | | | |_| |/    \
   |  ___\____|_____|_|_| |_|\____|\_/\_/
   | |
   |_|

Execution Finished, Exiting

Welcome! root password is "cisco".

c2500 login: root
Enter root password:

Sash command shell (version 1.1.1)
/dev> cat /proc/cpuinfo
CPU:            MC68EC030
MMU:            none
FPU:            none
Clocking:       19.5MHz
BogoMips:       4.33
Calibration:    2169600 loops
/dev> 

What is it abou tthis that makes me wanna grin like a kid with a new toy?