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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 64KB Digital Modems and FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 23 Jul 1995 01:34:41 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <jcaron-2207952213410001@modem2-14.planete.net>,
Jacques Caron <jcaron@pressimage.net> wrote:
>You should make sure with Telecom Eirann that they don't install the modem
>themselves... That's often the case in Europe (or at least in France,

No kidding!  Telecom Eireann is kinda new at this and I think it'll be
awhile before, well, anyway..

>Anyway, you'll probably need a router, as these modems are SYNC, and I'm
>not quite sure there's appropriate support in FreeBSD for that (I guess
>you'd need a special sync serial card for that, too).

Actually, there is and one of our members (David Greenman - davidg@freebsd.org)
is using his FreeBSD machine to run Frame Relay directly at 56K.  The
sync serial card is produced by Emerging Technologies (I think I have
that name right - it's from memory) and will do everything from 56K to
T1 (1.54Mb) speeds.. I don't have a contact but David could probably supply
more details if you asked him nicely.. :)

					Jordan