From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 19 07:42:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA09594 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:42:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA09572 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 07:41:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA03223; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:43:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:43:21 -0500 Message-Id: <199603191543.KAA03223@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Brian Litzinger From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: sync Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@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. 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