Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:43:21 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sync Message-ID: <199603191543.KAA03223@etinc.com>
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>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. How hard is it to plug a cable into a socket? V.25 dialing would be nice, as well as PAP or something. But neither is very difficult. dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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