From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 22 10:13:08 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA27009 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 22 Apr 1995 10:13:08 -0700 Received: from outer.org (marcus@outer.ceh.servtech.com [204.181.5.20]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA27003 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 1995 10:13:05 -0700 Received: (from marcus@localhost) by outer.org (8.6.11/8.6.11) id NAA00427; Sat, 22 Apr 1995 13:18:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 13:18:24 -0400 From: Marcus Schwartz Message-Id: <199504221718.NAA00427@outer.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: Re: laserwriter (SUN vs. FreeBSD) Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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). how about just buying a mux card for the sun? I can get a 3 serial + 1 parallel sbus card for $300 or so. marcus