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From: Brandon Black photon@nol.net
Subject: ISDN
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 14:08:46 -0600 (CST)


I would recommend getting an ISDN<->Ethernet Router, since plan 9 supports
ethernet already.  In the US, an Ascend Pipline 25/50/75 would do the
trick, although I'm not aware of their status on EuroISDN... I would
assume they make a EuroISDN product tho...

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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Nigel Roles wrote:

> I had assumed that the biggest battle in installing ISDN in the UK
> was going to be persuading BT to do it, and writing the cheque
> afterwards.
> 
> Not so. Selecting a decent PC card and getting the technical details
> for it seems to be the problem at the moment.
> 
> Anyone out there got any experience/suggestions to pass on? There's a 
> Plan 9 driver in it.
> 
> I'm looking for
> 
> 1. A PC card, preferably PCI but ISA will do.
> 2. From a manufacturer who will give/sell me a technical manual
> 3. With a EuroISDN stack
> 
> and optionally
> 
> 4. An on-board V34 modem.
> 
> The only card which fits this so far is a thing called an Elsa 
> PCF/Pro, but I have great doubts that I could get a manual.
> 
> 
> Nigel Roles
>