From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 31 09:39:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA19597 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 09:39:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA19591 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 09:39:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp-082.etinc.com (ppp-082.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA16999; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:37:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:37:20 -0500 Message-Id: <199601311737.MAA16999@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: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> >> One of the Europeans (Joerg? Soren?) built a card. >> > >> >Emerging Technologies has a pricey but (apparently) flexible watchdog card, >> >as I recall it was around $200. >> >> This is $169......its on our ET/5025 sync board at no addtional cost if you >> happen to need >> one of those. There is a driver for FreeBSD and a development kit with a sample >> app if you want to incorporate it into an appliction or script. >> >> dennis > >Sorry, when you first announced it, it was $195 qty 1. > >This is still really a little more than I'd like to pay. I realize it costs >you to build these things and I'm not faulting you for it, I'm just saying >that it is not worth that much to me. Doesnt matter...dont make enough on it to really care, even at 195. But i find it interesting that someone would be willing to spend the time to build one if they only needed a handful. You've already spent more on time thinking about it then you'll save! db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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