From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 4 14:32:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA09449 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 14:32:29 -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 OAA09440 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 14:32:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.etinc.com ([204.141.95.148]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA08905; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:34:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:34:54 -0500 Message-Id: <199604042234.RAA08905@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: "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: How can i run Eicon X.25 card with FreeBSD? Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Uh, Sandy, there was no way anyway since we don't have any *drivers* >for the EICON X.25 card! The CCITT code is the least of Marat's >worries (and I just happen to be familiar with this card, having a >friend who worked for EICON - it's a bear to program!). > >Bringing CCITT back would be fairly easy, if someone had the urge. >Writing an X.25 driver for the card would be the hard part. If you're >going to point fingers, at least make sure you point them in the right >direction! :-) theres no general advantage to writing a driver for the card, mainly becuase as cards go its pretty slow and quirky. Youd be better off using the CCITT stuff with a different card. 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