From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 19 07:10:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA06966 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:10:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA06952 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:10:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA01647; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:09:20 -0800 (PST) To: Greg Lehey cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: ISDN: "modem" or board? (Was: Microsoft "Get ISDN"?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:19:49 +0700." <199603191422.PAA14451@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:09:20 -0800 Message-ID: <1645.827248160@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > You, uh, would? 64+64 = 128Kb/s using my own calculator! :-) > > No, that's abusing your calculator. Async bytes are 10 bits (8 bits, > start and stop), whereas sync bytes are 8 bits. So you'd need at I know, and with async I get 115.2Kbps not 128K. I believe that that B channels do 64Kbps assuming 8 bits per byte, not 10, so my calculator remains unabused. > Aha. Yes, you can. With a card, there is no chat script or login, no > more than there is if you connect to a different system via Ethernet. Well, I still need to dial but I guess I can see where I would not have to stick a getty on the board. > If it does it automatically, you end up paying twice as much for your > connection, even if you don't need the bandwidth. You need some form Not at all. Centrex ISDN is what folks like Amancio and I use. > You want me to order a couple for you? I'm not sure it would work here - that's what Teles in the US told me when I suggested buying a couple of the German ones, anyway. Jordan