Re: Ftoomsh Dial-Ins?
Chris Keane - Snr ENS Sys Admin (Chris.Keane@nospam.aus.sun.com)
Tue, 26 Apr 1994 08:53:54 --1000
> From: Anand Kumria <akumria@nospam.socs.uts.EDU.AU>
>
> On Mon, 25 Apr 1994, Matthew Young wrote:
>
> > Putting aside the whole "can't get lines from uni PABX" discussion
> > for one moment, the problem with individual users having their own modem
> > (and line) attached is the lack of ports on the back of ftoomsh. An earlier
> > caller mentioned that with the rack of 2400's attached, everything is pretty
> > much full (ie. there are very few slots to begin with - which is usual for a
> > machine of that type).
>
> There are plenty of UNIX type serial port expansion units which
> can increase the number of ports upto 32 per card, with 4 cards per
> system. Although I'm not sure what the maximum speed per port is (I
> believe it is 9600 but it could be 2400). I not quite sure of the
> supplier's name, maybe somebody else can help out here.
Actually, to tell the truth, I haven't been following this thread
until just then, so I feel a bit guilty. I've got an ALM VME board
that should fit into ftoomsh okay. It's got twelve or maybe
sixteen (don't remember which) async serial ports.
Let me put it another way. You organise the phones and the modems and
I'll organise the hardware for ftoomsh.
Christofu.