From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 2 04:14:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA11720 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:14:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA11709 Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:14:16 -0800 (PST) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA25591; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:06:18 -0800 Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA25677; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 14:06:03 +0200 Message-Id: <9604021206.AA25677@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: lehey.pad%sni.de@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com Cc: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com, hackers%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com, isdn%muc.ditec.de@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Lehey of Tue, 02 Apr 96 13:37:39 +0700. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: Internal ISDN Cards Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 14:06:03 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk lehey.pad@sni.de writes: > > Does anyone know of an internal ISDN card that mimics a COM port (as > > modems do) ? > > We've been through quite a lengthy discussion of this point in hackers > and the ISDN list recently. The result was that the Germans didn't > think much of the modem-style TAs (and the Americans did). I won't > bore people with my reasons again, but basically dedicated ISDN boards > are cheaper, faster and more reliable. On the down side, we still > need to get the software up to scratch. > he wrote *internal* there, Greg. Not an external modem-like ISDN fubar. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org