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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: lmarks@vnet.ibm.com (Laurence V. Marks) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.dcom.isdn Subject: Re: ISDN PCMCIA card experiences? Date: 3 Mar 1996 04:32:29 GMT Organization: IBM Networking Hardware Division RTP, NC Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4hb7ct$ici@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <shamrock-0502961853110001@192.0.2.1> <4fjin4$ava@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> <AD2eRCADLdHxEw1i@itsound.demon.co.uk> <SCOTTE.96Feb15142041@odie.center.uscs.com> Reply-To: lmarks@vnet.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mod80.raleigh.ibm.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.9d - NLS Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15573 comp.dcom.isdn:29622 In <SCOTTE.96Feb15142041@odie.center.uscs.com>, scotte@center.uscs.com (L. Scott Emmons) writes: >In article <AD2eRCADLdHxEw1i@itsound.demon.co.uk> Bill Holt <Bill@itsound.demon.co.uk> writes: > >> Does this work around the world? Could I take it with a laptop ( >> and, I presume, a selection of drivers) and expect it to be useable >> in, say, France, England, Australia, the US etc? > >Although I know nothing about this card specifically, the main problem >you would have would be with the NT-1 (network termination) device. I >assume that the NT-1 is built into the IBM PCMCIA card. If so, it >won't work in Europe (or other places where the NT-1 MUST be external) >unless you have your choice of U or S/T interfaces on the card. he IBM WaveRunner PCMCIA ISDN and Analog modem does not contain an internal NT-1. It connects to the S/T bus. U interface doesn't make sense for portable equipment. Laurence V. Marks IBM Corp. - Research Triangle Park, NC