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Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 16:15:01 +0200
From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: laserwriter (SUN vs. FreeBSD)
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I'm about to loose an important X.25 access to a SUN running Sunlink/X.25
only because the guys running that machine need the second serial port for
another laser printer. I have two alternatives: Either persuade them
to use a FreeBSD box and connect their laserwriter there or find a
X.25 solution for my FreeBSD box (Anyone knowing a company offering
such a solution for FreeBSD? I remember some company having announced
something like that during the last week stressing that they chose
FreeBSD for its superior networking - but I lost that mail).

So the questions are:

o  Can a FreeBSD box substitute laserprinting a la Sun3 (OS 4.1.1) (with all
   these filters and printer download stuff) (I believe their's is a Apple Type LW) ?

o  Can a FreeBSD box turned into a X.25/X.29 box with affordable costs?


Last resort would be top abandon X.25 at all.


--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
FreeBSD blues.physik.rwth-aachen.de 2.0.950418-SNAP FreeBSD 2.0.950418-SNAP #0:
Sat Apr 22 04:33:25 MET DST 1995     root@blues.physik.rwth-aachen.de:/usr/src/sys
/compile/BLUESGUS  i386