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- From: cstorry@gandalf.ca (Chuck Storry)
- Subject: Re: IDSN wanna-be questions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.192642.5383@gandalf.ca>
- Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
- References: <19930108092137.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:26:42 GMT
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- In <19930108092137.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu> h198@hosp.med.umich.edu (Gene Mangum) writes:
-
- >Hello ISDN experts,
- >
- >I have two questions. First, does anyone know of a good review of IDSN
- >cards for IBM PCs. Something like PC Magazine would be good for my
- >level (know nothing). And second, does anyone have comments on the
- >compatibility of the serial interface on the Teleos IDSN card for the
- >PC. I understand that it has a 16550 UART. Does it run with regular
- >serial port software well, or is it flaky/incompatible?
-
- Just a quick question from a vendor who makes ISDN TAs but not PC cards.
-
- Why do you want the card in your pc ?
-
- If you use the serial port (or better yet the ethernet port) that likely
- came with your pc or was subsequently added compatibility and software
- problems disappear (assuming the hardware/software worked before ISDN
- was brought into the picture). I've always looked at this issue as the
- same for modems (internal or external). The cost difference doesn't
- usually justify the added "questionability" of the internal hardware.
-
- >
- >Thanks for any info,
-
- > Gene Mangum
- > Univ of Michigan Hospitals
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