Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!timeinc!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Wanted: Info on data PBX's Message-ID: <325@phri.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 00:03:43 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.325 Posted: Sat Jul 13 00:03:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 08:26:06 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 22 I've got a Vax with 40 terminals (maybe 16 are ever active simultaneously). We plan on getting another machine with 16-32 lines soon. Our accounting office also has a 68000 box with a few (4?) terminals. I want to get a switch so all the terminals, modems, and machines can talk to each other; 64 lines on each side with potential to expand to twice that should be plenty. So far, the best I've seen is an Equinox box, but it seems like overkill. It's expandable to over 1000 lines, and has provisions for redundant everything for fault-tolerant operation. I don't need these capabilities, but I still have to pay for them; a 96 line system costs about $17K. Does anybody know of something smaller and cheaper? Impartial advice or sales calls are equally welcome. I've never bought one of these things before. Any pointers on what questions I should be asking myself and the vendors? Any pitfalls to avoid? Any features I should demand? Do they all eat the ^S's and ^Q's emacs loves so much (as currently being discussed in net.emacs)? -- allegra!phri!roy (Roy Smith) System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute