From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 19 08:31:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA12999 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:31:46 -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 IAA12991 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:31:32 -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 AA15153; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:15:30 -0800 Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA19570; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:15:17 +0100 Message-Id: <9603191615.AA19570@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: hackers%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com Cc: isdn%muc.ditec.de@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Lehey of Tue, 19 Mar 96 16:22:14 +0700. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: ISDN: "modem" or board? (Was: Microsoft "Get ISDN"?) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 17:15:17 +0100 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk lehey.pad@sni.de writes: > They could well be right. That's one of the reasons why we're waiting > for you to install the stuff :-) I don't think it would be the > boards, though: they're so primitive that I don't think there would be > anything to change. this is probably correct, since we don't use the Teles board in auto mode and do all the LAPD in software. The question is, do the TelCos use Q.931 ? That's what our lap driver uses. Or is it Q.921 ? > My bet is that the CAPI would be different. That > could pose severe problems for the FreeBSD implementation, at least > until we find out what the differences are. > CAPI ? FBSD don't use no steenkin' CAPI ! (the bandits in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" never said "steenkin'", BTW) :-) We program the boards ourselves and provide a simple tty interface for AT type commands. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org