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Re: future tech - OFF TOPIC
On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Miki Shapiro wrote:
well said Miki, thanks for trying to help out :-) but I have a nagging
feeling we haven't heard the last of it yet...
> by the way, all ISDN development for linux is in germany for some reason
> and the S.U.S.E distro handles it best. do they give out ISDN for free
> in germany or something?
some of the first/cheapest/best cards for PCs came from German companies
like TELES, and the German phone network was one of the first to make ISDN
cheap and usable for the public in Europe, that sums it up. the fact this
is so painfully evident (nobody complains about SCSI driver and kernel
work being almost entirely developped in the Silicon Valley) is that
germans have this proudness virus about their language and culture, and
will be very adamant about language in FAQs, sources and docs. very stupid
if you ask me, in these days of globally distributed Open sources. I have
twice posted questions in English to their mailing list in the past (when
I was trying to test linux with equipment from citicom) and got answers in
Deutsch. Sheisheads, what can I say?
> I dont know ANYTHING about ADSL/Cable on linux - if any1 knows something -
> fill us in :)
both ADSL and cable modems terminate with RJ45 10BaseT sockets you can
connect to your machine with a cross cable (legs 1-3 2-6 3-1 6-2 if memory
serves) and give your entire household LAN hours of fun through
masquarading. as Eli Marmour noted, some cable modem standards support
downstream-only, which will require you to have to call out with a modem
for the outgoing packets. with a little routing table wizardry, Linux can
probably do it too (don't take my word for it, I just know it works in
random places in Europe like that today)
Good night. I'm off to try 2.1.97 now. maybe the aic7xxx driver will have
fixed itself (fat chance)
--
Ira Abramov <ira(a)scso.com> whois: IA58 (a linux enthuseist)
`Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed.'
-- Darth Vader