Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!orstcs!mist!fink From: fink@mist.cs.orst.edu (Paul Fink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Hooking modems and ethernet boards for IBM/RT Message-ID: <6639@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 27 Sep 88 16:56:44 GMT References: <1586ANKGC@CUNYVM> Sender: netnews@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU Reply-To: fink@mist.UUCP (Paul Fink) Organization: Oregon State University - Physics - Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 13 In article <1586ANKGC@CUNYVM> ANKGC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Anil Khullar) writes: >I want to know how many modems can I hook safely on an RT and >and an ethernet board..... > You can put a modem on each serial port. The RT can have 2 serial port boards each with 4 ports that's 8 ports plus the 2 on the mother board. Also the RT may have 2 ethernet boards. A modem is just a different terminal to Unix. So you can "safely" run as many modems as terminals. Paul Fink