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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!ccnet.com!usenet From: "Eric C. S. Dynamic" <ecsd> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is there a driver that can support ZyXel 2864I <--> Parallel Port? Date: 18 Sep 1995 08:33:44 GMT Organization: 22nd Century Artisans Lines: 34 Message-ID: <43jat8$gsb@ccnet2.ccnet.com> References: <43ib9p$4pj@ccnet2.ccnet.com> <43iq6n$7b9@reason.cdrom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ecsd.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) X-URL: news:43iq6n$7b9@reason.cdrom.com "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: ]The God of This World <root> wrote: ]>The ZyXel 2864I ISDN modem provides a parallel port to interface with the PC. ]>Running BONDed B channels with compression can run up to 480000 through the ]>parallel port with less drain on system resources than serial. I'm wondering > ]That's actually not quite true. The parallel port represents a *significant* ]drain on the system as you have to service it by polling for each and every ]character - your modern parallel port on a PC is actually a pretty stupid ]beast, it seems. When I first saw the ads for the 2864I I thought the exact ]same thing you did, but a couple of parallel I/O experts set me straight. > ]All in all, I think a smart serial port would be a far better solution even ]though you're only going to get 115.2K out of it. Are these modems actually ]for sale now anyway? I've ordered myself an ISDN line but was just going to go ]out and get a pair of Bitsurfer modems since I don't have $1400 lying around ]for a pair of ZyXels and wasn't under the impression that they were currently ]for sale anyway. The ZyXel page lists them as being "in BETA test". Why do you need a /pair/, I guess I don't understand your application. ZyXel supposedly to ship October 11th ... I have an I-ST on backorder thru Ingram. I have the technical reference for the 2864I, for what it's worth. The dealer's price on them is $535 ... if you thought they were hot shit worth the extra money, then we can do a deal for two at closer to $11XX. The I-U units cost more, of course. PacBell only runs B channels at 56Kb/s at the moment, until they upgrade, scheduled (statewide) for 1/1/96. Sounds like the focus should be on 'hyper' serial cards, then. Any suggestions?