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echo: aust_modem
to: Roger Dunk
from: Dave Hatch
date: 1996-08-22 21:19:59
subject: 2 (or 3) Serial ports to one and ba

On Aug 20 18:50 96, Roger Dunk of 3:711/953 wrote:

RD> Steven Anderson wrote in a message to All:

SA>>  COM1--\                                               /--COM1     
SA>>    Device----Modem----Phoneline----Modem----Device
SA>>  COM2--/                                               \--COM2 

SA>>   What I want to do is get 2 (or 3) serial ports over 1 phone line
SA>> and seperate the data to the right ports at the end.

RD> Sorry.. No chance...

Uh - Roger - I've supervised the operation of several such multiplexers for
more than several years.   The technology has been around, and reliable,
for a considerable time.  (Cheap it isn't - the boxes are in thousands of
dollars per end.)

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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