From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 16 08:11:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA10280 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 16 Mar 1996 08:11:09 -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 IAA10272 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 1996 08:11:04 -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 LAA03414; Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:12:06 -0500 Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:12:06 -0500 Message-Id: <199603161612.LAA03414@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: Joe Greco From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Microsoft "Get ISDN"? Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >All the terminal adaptors I've seen support AT-style commands. Admittedly, >> >the configuration commands are generally non-portable, but that's a one-shot >> >deal - you only set the TA up once - and all the relevant AT commands you're >> >used to with modems work just fine after that. >> >> It frightens me that the "future" is in high-speed async... :-) > >Me too. However, the alternatives are relatively so much more expensive... > >Sync serial requires a fairly pricey sync serial card. (Sorry Dennis, much >as I like your products, the truth of the matter is that I can get a 16550 >dual port card for $30). Thats not the point (although you enjoy harping on it). The reason the sync products are so expensive is because there's a limited market for them. Heck, the card only costs a few dollars more to build...but as long as the proliferation of async continues, sync will be a premium product. 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. 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