At 03:35 PM 3/9/00 , Gregory McGarry wrote:
>Aaron J. Grier wrote:
>
> > Hmm...  so would it be possible (by throwing money at somebody) to get
> > ISDN support for ISDN ports on DECStations?  ;)
>
>My understanding is that the am7930 ISDN interface was a forward-thinking
>engineering decision when it was included on the maxine.  Unfortunately
>it wasn't implemented correctly, and hence they come with the ISDN
>connection covered over.  I think the implementation in the sparc is
>usable but AFAICS they cannot do DMA to the chip like the maxine.

Not quite true.  There was ULTRIX product that made the ISDN port work.
So it is possible.
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