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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: ISDN X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 21 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DozFMz.3G@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4ivo5k$jq3@sundog.tiac.net> <31553A0B.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <Doy3J8.K0M.0.raindrop.seaslug.org@raindrop.seaslug.org> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:44:59 GMT Thomas Unger (unger@raindrop.seaslug.org) wrote: : In article <31553A0B.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org>,Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: : >If you're using an "ISDN modem" (more commonly called a Terminal : >Adaptor, or "TA") then there's really nothing to tell. You just plug it : >in and use it like you'd use any modem. It took me all of an hour to : : : Seems that you can either use an internal board or an external TA, : connected to a serial port. The external TA seems appealing, but can : the serial port really handle the throughput? To take advantage of : the 128Kbps one would want to run the serial port faster, like 256 : Kbps. Are the any real disadvantages to the external Terminal : Adapter? Why would you need to run the serial port at twice the speed of the adapter? Unless you've got non-standard TA's at both ends of the link, ISDN TA's generally don't do any data compression. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451