Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!lzaz!lznv!psc From: psc@lznv.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need Bisync to Async protocol converter Keywords: Bsc <-> Asc Message-ID: <1399@lznv.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Jul 88 16:12:55 GMT References: <4638@killer.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Lines: 34 < "Would you buy a used operating system from these guys?" > In article <4638@killer.UUCP>, toma@killer.UUCP (Tom Armistead) writes: > I am in desperate need of a Async to Bisync to Async character/protocol > converter. I need something that I can control on the character level. > Something that I can have complete control over the actual communications > protocol on, something that has hardware interface documentation. Lots of luck. I looked for something like this a few years ago, and couldn't find one. You want to build up your own frames (including the header), send them, and receive frames from the other side, right? > I would like it to be in card form for a PC or AT. Note that that's *not* a protocol converter, but a bisync card for a PC. There are lots of these available. I don't know if any provide an interface at the level you're looking for. > I have heard that Black Box MIGHT offer something like this, but... How do > I get in touch with Black Box? P.O. Box 12800, Pittsburgh, PA 15241; tech support, 412-746-5565; orders only, 412-745-5530; to order a catalog, call 412-746-5500. We had their A/S-2E Protocol Converter (bisync RJE <-> async), but there were problems, even in "transparent" mode. I did appreciate their technical support, and their willingness to take the converter back when we discovered it didn't fulfill our needs. >Tom Armistead, UUCP: ...!ihnp4!killer!toma -Paul S. R. Chisholm, {ihnp4,cbosgd,allegra,rutgers}!mtune!lznv!psc AT&T Mail !psrchisholm, Internet psc@lznv.att.com I'm not speaking for my employer, I'm just speaking my mind.