igb@cs.bham.ac.uk (Ian G Batten <BattenIG>) (09/19/88)
Posted for a friend: We have a need to communicate via a byte synchronous line using only asynchronous ports on our (DTE) equipment. The only hardware converters we can find are either very expensive, or impose some protocol on the line. The closest device we have found so far is from `Black Box', whose only problem is that the asynchronous start and stop bits are dispatched, making the synchronous protocol useless. We have to conform to a particular protocol since the host mainframe cannot be altered. Does anyone know of a device of this kind which may be more useful to us? Please reply via email to the address below. Mark J. Hewitt usenet: ...!{mcvax,uunet}!ukc!kernel!mjh JANET: mjh@uk.co.kernel voice: (+44) 532 444566 other: mjh@kernel.co.uk fax: (+44) 532 425456 paper: Kernel Technology Ltd, Development Centre, 46 The Calls, Leeds, LS2 7EY, West Yorkshire, UK -- ian INTERNET: BattenIG%cs.bham.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu JANET: BattenIG@uk.ac.bham.cs BITNET: BattenIG%cs.bham.ac.uk@ukacrl.bitnet UUCP: ...!mcvax!bhamcs!BattenIG