Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 17:19:27 +0100 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com Subject: Re: ISDN devices supported? Message-ID: <9602081619.AA30644@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Ulf Zimmermann" <ulf@z-code.ncd.com> of Thu, 08 Feb 96 07:59:51 PST.
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ulf@z-code.ncd.com writes: > On Feb 8, 12:06, garyj@frt.dec.com wrote: > > Subject: Re: ISDN devices supported? >> A TA is the most flexible solution since the German cards are designed > > for EuroISDN (the European ISDN standard) and there's no guarantee that > > they'll work correctly outside of Europe. > >-- End of excerpt from garyj@frt.dec.com > > This is not quite right anymore. The so called EuroISDN is now DSS-1, which i -s > also used by many countries outside europe. I think Japan is one of them. Als -o > is the hardware of the most cards sold in europe, very generic and there shou -ld > be no problem to use them everywhere (where ISDN exists), it is a matter of t -he > driver software. One example is a SGI Indy which has a built in ISDN interfac -e, > based on the same chip used in europe. The SGI Indy has support for >5 > different ISDN protocols. The same you get for better PC ISDN cards. > that's interesting to hear. SGI is using the Siemens chips ? None the less, a TA will work with any machine which has a serial port and communications software. The same can't be said for one of the PC ISDN cards. I conceed that my argument regarding the ISDN protocol wasn't valid :) --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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