Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!astral.UUCP!sunny
From: sunny@astral.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: TOPS and low-speed modems
Message-ID: <8807081100.AA11456@hop.toad.com>
Date: 6 Jul 88 10:10:57 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 17

> I want to add a small remote Appletalk/Phonenet network to our current
> Appletalk/Phonenet network.  We run TOPS and share several
> LaserWriters, including an NT.  We also have the network divided
> into two sections with a Hayes Interbridge.

> The people at Centram/Sun Microsystems tell me that with the
> Hayes Interbridge at least their TOPS software can time out if the
> modems joining the networks run at less than 9600 bps.  My
> questions are: 

You'd think that TOPS would be interested in making available either
a new version of their software, or some kind of patch which would
allow a longer timeout so that we could successfully run TOPS across
modem bridges and modem remote access links.  But then, who cares what
the $ paying user wants...

				Sunny