From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 12:45:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA25559 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:45:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA25553 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:45:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from welch.ncd.com by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA06741; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:38:46 -0800 Received: by ncd.com; id NAA17308; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:27:02 -0800 Received: from z-code.z-code.com(192.82.56.21) by welch.ncd.com via smap (g3.0.1) id xma017286; Thu, 8 Feb 96 13:26:42 -0800 Received: from zolaris.z-code.com (zolaris.z-code.com [192.82.56.41]) by z-code.z-code.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA12360; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:35:56 -0800 Received: by zolaris.z-code.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA00751; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:33:46 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" Message-Id: <9602081233.ZM749@zolaris.z-code.com> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:33:45 -0800 In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert "Re: ISDN devices supported?" (Feb 8, 13:17) References: <199602082017.NAA08536@phaeton.artisoft.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94) To: Terry Lambert , ulf@z-code.ncd.com (Ulf Zimmermann) Subject: Re: ISDN devices supported? Cc: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com, bertus%mikom.csir.co.za@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com, questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Feb 8, 13:17, Terry Lambert wrote: > Subject: Re: ISDN devices supported? > > > A TA is the most flexible solution since the German cards are designed > > > for EuroISDN (the European ISDN standard) and there's no guarantee that > > > they'll work correctly outside of Europe. > > > > This is not quite right anymore. The so called EuroISDN is now DSS-1, > > which is also used by many countries outside europe. I think Japan is > > one of them. > > Japanese acceptance or non-acceptance of a standard is not a validation > or invalidation of the standard. Look at HDTV and Unicode. > > In this case, the Euro standards *are* superior, but that is not going > to help the already commited switching systems in the US. The issue > is the wire protocol, and that's already set in concrete in the US. > > Using only adapters with the SGI chipset is one solution to the hardware > compatability problem 9by moving it into software). > > The real answer is to disdain ISDN anyway: the reason for it is to > allow metering charges by the Telco's, and that should be discouraged. >-- End of excerpt from Terry Lambert Disdain ? Sure. But Frame Relay 128K cost me $275 a month ;-( Ulf. -- Ulf Zimmermann, NCD Software, 101 Rowland Way, Suite 300, Novato, CA 94945 phone: 415-899-7941, email: ulf@z-code.ncd.com, phone-home: 510-865-0204 ====================================== FreeBSD 2.1.0 is available now! -------------------------------------- FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations ======================================