Re: Ftoomsh Dial-Ins? (fwd)

Ryan Shelswell (ryan@nospam.socs.uts.EDU.AU)
Wed, 27 Apr 1994 09:49:36 +1000 (EST)

There you go, Chris... I want the box!

Ryan

Hey dad... Gimme the car...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 08:59:48 +1000
From: Chris Keane - Snr ENS Sys Admin <Chris.Keane@nospam.aus.sun.com>
To: ryan@nospam.socs.uts.EDU.AU
Subject: Re: Ftoomsh Dial-Ins?

> 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. Oh, yes, I
also have a burning desire to wear women's undergarments.

Let me put it another way. You organise the phones and the modems and
I'll organise the hardware for ftoomsh... sugar.

Christofu.