Using many modems

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:28:05 +0100

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Hi,

On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 05:54:44PM -0600, root wrote:
> Standard phone lines can't be configured to do what you want.  ISDN lines 
> can be configured to handle multiple devices but each device has a unique 
> SPID to identify it, and require ISDN capable equipment.  Standard modems 
> on regular phone lines can not do this.  

Just as a side note: this SPID stuff is not used in Europe.  Here, you
can have two (or more) identical devices on an ISDN bus.  The first one
to shout "here" will get the call.

gert
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