[comp.dcom.modems] Looking for NON-Statistical Line Multiplexers

geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us (Geoff Goodfellow) (04/08/91)

I'm looking for line (two or four wire) multiplexers, that would allow
me to evenly device a 9600 bps line into to two 4800 bps lines, or a
2400 baud line into two 1200 baud lines.  I recall the good ol' Bell
209A modem used to have this capability.

I CANNOT use Stat-MUX's because its flow control (XON/XOFF/whatever)
would make the line non-transparent to the protocol(s) going over it.
I need to lines to appear as if they each had a dedicated circuit
of their own.

Any suggestions for such equipment appreciated.

Thanks,


Geoff Goodfellow    Anterior Technology
415-328-5615   geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us

tnixon@hayes.uucp (04/09/91)

In article <1991Apr7.211110.16083@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>,
geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us (Geoff Goodfellow) writes: 

> I'm looking for line (two or four wire) multiplexers, that would allow
> me to evenly device a 9600 bps line into to two 4800 bps lines, or a
> 2400 baud line into two 1200 baud lines.  I recall the good ol' Bell
> 209A modem used to have this capability.

Well, what you want is a time-division multiplexer.  These are 
available from many different companies.  Just to grab one of the 
catalogs here, I see that Black Box has a 2-channel sync TDM for 
$245, and 4-channel sync TDM for $425, and a 2-channel async TDM for 
$495.

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