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I brought along this set of accessories for the #OpenBSD course I will be giving at @linuxhotel over the next two days.

The various wifi-related items should not be surprising. Participants will install OpenBSD on their machines and make them connect to various VPN services provided by the APU (the black box in the centre). Each type of VPN is reachable via a distinct SSID provided by the Wifi AP. Nothing unusual here. (We're not going to do much firewalling in this course, but mostly explore client-side and server-side usage of OpenBSD. There is a separate 3-day course dedicated to PF.)

The presence of a SNES cartridge of Zelda A link to the Past (US version) and a cartridge reader might be more curious. The reason for having these is that once participants are done with the main part of the course towards the end of day 2, there will be optional self-learning segments to choose from. One of these options is to explore running video games on OpenBSD (of which there is no shortage thanks to the gaming sub-community founded by @thfr). One person (just one at a time, for legal reasons) will be allowed to borrow my game to try to get the games/zelda3 port (which I maintain in the ports tree) to run on a machine provided by the venue.

Various cables and devices lying on a wooden table. The devices are a black APU at the center, a black USB audio headset towards the top, a small and white wireless access point to the left, a small and white wireless USB device at the bottom, a SNES cartridge of Zelda 3 and a cardtridge reader in the upper left corner. Also visible are two unscrewed wifi antennas and two power plugs.