Re: PowerLink 128 (fwd)
Bernd Monitor (bernd@mms.de)
Sun, 23 Jun 1996 15:32:41 +0000
>
> You're right. The market for ISDN cards, esp. in Europe, is saturated
> with cheap but good ISDN cards. They all have one thing in common:
> support for CAPI. There are CAPI subsystems for most OS like Linux,
> OS/2, NT, etc. etc.
> Another approach would be to access the ISDN card with a COM device.
> But this must be done by hardware like the USR Courier I-Modem does,
> not with special device drivers. COM ports are supported by every OS
> on Intel machines.
> Livingston's PowerLink will only have a chance in Europe, if it
> supports either CAPI or has a native COM interface.
>
> Frank
>
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>
I am not quite shure. What do you need a com-port for ? I use it to
connect a mouse to it. I don't want to connect my mouse to my ISDN
card. How long will people use software, which needs Com-Ports ?
Same thoughts fit on CAPI.
I like the idea of a ISDN Card appear as NIC inside the PC.
If Dr. Livingston don't want to do the drivers for the differnt OS,
provide an API for Powerlink.
Bernd
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