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From: crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady)
Newsgroups: relcom.tcpip,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: V.35 driver for 386bsd/BSDI
Date: 19 Nov 1993 08:11:08 -0500
Organization: Univerisity of Michigan - Dearborn
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olg@olghome.pczz.msk.su (Oleg Tabarovsky) writes:

>Vadim Antonov (avg@sprintlink.net) wrote:
>: In <2c3k68$dj9@gazpacho.wariat.org>, Dimitry A. Sazonov (dima@wariat.org) wrote:
>: : Does anybody know if 386bsd/BSDI driver exists for V.35 card ?

>: BSD/386 (aka BSDI) distribution includes drivers for
>: single-port synchronous RS-232/V.35 board RISCom/N1
>: and dual-port RISCom/H1.  Both cards cost about $450
>		RISCom/H2
>: and run at speeds up to T-1.
>		H2 up to 7.1 Mbps

Is it just me, or does this mean that we could use a NetBSD/BSDI system
as a router with a T1 line to the internet instead of buying a Livingston
or Cisco? ;)  Where can you get these cards?  Can a PC (486/50'ish) 
actually handle T1 speeds? T3?