milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) (01/01/88)
I was talking to someone at the DecDirect helpline the other day and he
told me you could get a MicroVax 2000 with as many as 12 serial ports on
it (which could be used for modems). Can anyone confirm this for me? I
have had other people tell me that 4 ports is the maximum.
Also, is there any way of connecting a '2000 to an X.25 net directly
(that is, without going through the ethernet to a standalone bridge)
Greg Corson
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kvc@nrcvax.UUCP (Kevin Carosso) (01/06/88)
In article <588@ndmath.UUCP> milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) writes: >I was talking to someone at the DecDirect helpline the other day and he >told me you could get a MicroVax 2000 with as many as 12 serial ports on >it (which could be used for modems). Can anyone confirm this for me? I >have had other people tell me that 4 ports is the maximum. There is indeed some new widget that adds 8 serial ports to a MicroVAX 2000. It is mentioned in the latest "Insight" (a random DEC newsletter I get). The DHT 32-AA adds 8, giving a total of 12, serial ports. The article does not mention whether any or all of the lines provide modem control. Of the four built-in ports, I believe only one provides modem control. >Also, is there any way of connecting a '2000 to an X.25 net directly >(that is, without going through the ethernet to a standalone bridge) The -2000 has only thinwire ethernet and serial communications ports. As it's a "busless" system, you don't have the options from DEC or third parties that you'd have with a Qbus. I suppose someone could build additional options, as DEC did with the DHT 32-AA, but there probably isn't much of a marketplace. Note that you could run over an async line to another host with X.25 access (using async DECnet in the VMS world or TCP/IP/SLIP in the Ultrix world) but I don't think that's what you're after either... /Kevin Carosso kvc@nrcvax.uucp Network Research Co. kvc%nrcvax@trwind.trw.com kvc@engvax.scg.hac.com kvc@ymir.bitnet