[ale] ISDN???

[Unix Guru Dude]

}	As I understand it from reading the ISDN For Dummies book
}	ISDN needs things connected in parallel rather than serial
}	like most residential phone lines are done now. 
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This is news to me, thanks for the update.  This would make the rewiring a
bigger job then I thought.

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}> You need to decide whether you want an internal or external AT.  If you get
}> an internal, you have no phone service if you computer is down or off.  If
}> you get an external, your serial port must have the latest greatest UART chip
}> that will give you the best throughput.  The guy I talked to at Bell South
}> says that there is some software that you can get that will enhance your
}> throughput even more.  He also said that Bell South has done 1000s of ISDN
}> configurations via Motorola Bitserfers...  
}> 
}	Again from reading the same book I understand there are other types
}	of ISDN devices that let you connect your computer to the device
}	via a ethernet connection instead of a serial line. This would
}	seem to be the better solution since all that would be needed in
}	the computer would be a NIC and that would eliminate any concerns
}	about whether your UARTS were up to snuff. I am not sure what these
}	types of devices are called but most of the inexpensive ISDN equipment
}	is the serial type so this might be something to watch out for.

I just posted another message regarding UART speed.  If you have a 16550A
which is the latest greatest (to my knowledge) then you have a max baud
of 115200 which will be plenty for a single 64k ISDN channel.  I believe
you are correct regarding the higher price on the ethernet enabled TA.

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