From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Mar 18 17:57:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA21395 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:57:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from MediaCity.com (root@easy1.mediacity.com [205.216.172.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA21390 Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brian@localhost) by MediaCity.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id SAA20972; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:01:50 -0800 From: Brian Litzinger Message-Id: <199603190201.SAA20972@MediaCity.com> Subject: Re: sync To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:01:49 -0800 (PST) Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199603182025.PAA01382@etinc.com> from dennis at "Mar 18, 96 03:25:38 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dennis wrote: > >> > I still find it terribly interesting that people will spend a fortune > >> > on horsepower of questionable necessity (like P6s and 166Mhz cpus to > >> > run a terminal server) but want to use $30. async cards for the most > >> > important bottleneck in their network. > > If I thought that people would use them I think a $195. sync solution > (paired with a > $265. bitsurfer would be a very efficient full 128kbs solution). But I don't > think enough > Dennis I do. Used to program Z8530's in my sleep for DUAL DMA operation to run video teleconferencing at 3MBits/sec via satelite. was real cool. I was thinking of the doing a driver for the Z8530, there is support for it in Linux. On the other hand, how much trouble would it be to hook a BSPro to one of your cards? I was going to try, but now I can just ask you. -- Brian Litzinger Powered by FreeBSD http[s]://www.mpress.com Unlike Hitler, who brought the Jews to the furnace, Clinton brought the furnace to the Branch Davidians.