Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 10:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft "Get ISDN"? Message-ID: <199603161644.KAA24374@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199603161612.LAA03414@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Mar 16, 96 11:12:06 am
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> >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). No, I don't. It is simply a fact that must be dealt with. You were saying, as I recall, that the "future is in high-speed async" and that "frightens" you. I agree! I'm simply listing that as one of the key reasons that this situation exists. I doubt there would be any discussion about which was superior given a good sync serial card that was perhaps on par with the prices of the Hayes ESP async card. > 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. And, as I originally implied, that's unfortunate. > 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. Are there really people doing that? Sheesh... ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/546-7968
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