Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 22:08:00 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, ptitsyn@benpc.bionet.nsk.su, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Communications help wanted Message-ID: <199605210508.WAA29953@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199605210516.OAA25521@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 21, 96 02:46:10 pm
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> > > Make sure you go for drivers with RS-232 _async_ interfaces. Then run SLIP > > > or PPP over the link. > > > > Or RS422. > > *sigh*. Two wires, Terry. Two wires. Can't run 422 on two wires. You > can run 485 on two wires, but only half-duplex. FDX requires a short-haul > modem (not much more expensive than the useless dial modems they currently > have). Rats. Well, then they don't get high speed. 8-(. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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