sdyer@bbnccv.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (05/21/85)
We need X.25 VC capability on our 4.2BSD VAXes, and have been considering
ACC's "intelligent" X.25 cards. Our gateway group has had some experience
with their LSI-11 X.25 interfaces, and they advised us to speak to some
satisfied VAX customers before purchasing the board. Anyone out there?
My local ACC sales rep has been stonewalling me, a fact which doesn't bode
well for the board.
Interactive has the "INcard", an ACC UMC-Z80 card with ISC's own proprietary
X.25 implementation in PROM. Our local CSNET group has had pretty good
luck with these, though it is rather expensive (~$12K.) Further comments
on this product are welcome, too.
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/Steve Dyer
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sdyer@bbnccv.ARPAron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/21/85)
> We need X.25 VC capability on our 4.2BSD VAXes, and have been considering > ACC's "intelligent" X.25 cards. Our gateway group has had some experience > with their LSI-11 X.25 interfaces, and they advised us to speak to some > satisfied VAX customers before purchasing the board. Anyone out there? > My local ACC sales rep has been stonewalling me, a fact which doesn't bode > well for the board. The firmware on the old board was attrocious. It wouldn't work well on any machine requiring unibus mapping (read: larger than an 11/44). ACC says they have new software that's supposed to have fixed this. They never gave it to us, so I can't say if it is any better. -Ron