From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 2 04:34:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA16561 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:34:13 -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 EAA16539 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:34:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.sni.de by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA29513; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 04:29:27 -0800 Received: (from nerv@localhost) by nixpbe.pdb.sni.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA25344 for hackers%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 13:10:12 +0200 Message-Id: <199604021110.NAA25344@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> Subject: Re: Internal ISDN Cards To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 14:25:53 MET DST From: Greg Lehey Cc: lehey.pad%sni.de@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com, 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: <9604021206.AA25677@cssmuc.frt.dec.com>; from "garyj@frt.dec.com" at Apr 02, 96 2:06 pm X-Mailer: xmail 2.4 (based on ELM 2.2 PL16) Sender: owner-hackers@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. Sure, an internal modem-like ISDN fubar. I did see that, but I don't see that it makes much difference. But I promised not to start up this thread again. Greg