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From: daniel@nstn.ns.ca (Daniel MacKay)
Subject: Re: Anyone have experience with ANNEX3 from Xylogics?
Organization: NSTN Network Operations Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: world,local
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:29:14 GMT

Mark W. Easter writes:
| We are anticipating adding a couple ANNEX3 Communications Servers in
| our network soon, and I was wondering if anyone in netland had
| anything good or bad to say
| [...]
| We would be
| especially interested in any experience with the company's support
| capabilities.

Aaron Leonard writes:
>We've recently gone with the Annex 3 as our primary asynch comm 
>server, and are overall quite satisfied.  

I agree!  I have a dozen Annexes deployed in all kinds of applications, --
except printing -- and I think they do an exceptional job.  I use 'em to
collect data from RS232 devices, terminal servers, port servers, modem
servers, serial port tunnelling, all kinds of stuff.  I haven't had a
hardware failure out of the dozen machines in two years, so I can't comment
on their reliability.

Support's great.  Software versions are usually pretty solid; Xylogics has
hustled on a stub release when I've located a particularly nasty bug.
Xylogics tech support is available by Internet email, as are software
releases.
--
	Daniel MacKay				daniel@nstn.ns.ca
	NOC Manager, NSTN Operations Centre	902-494-NSTN
	Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.servers,comp.dcom.lans
From: johnn@eskimo.celestial.com (John Navitsky)
Subject: Re: Anyone have experience with ANNEX3 from Xylogics??
Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:15:07 GMT

In article <MARKE.92Sep3130549@fsi-ssd.csg.ssd.fsi.com> marke@fsi-ssd.csg.ssd.fsi.com (Mark W. Easter) writes:
>We are anticipating adding a couple ANNEX3 Communications Servers in
>our network soon, and I was wondering if anyone in netland had
>anything good or bad to say before we spend our budget for the next
>fifty years.  It will be used as a terminal server (in forward and
>reverse modes), a modem server, and a printer server.  We would be
>especially interested in any experience with the company's support
>capabilities.
>
>(If you would rather suggest some other piece of equipment other than
>the Annex3, please feel free to pass that along as well.)
>
>Thanks!
>-- 
[...]

We've used the Annex3 and Micro Annex terminal servers from Xylogics and have
been very happy with them.  We were using them with Sun workstations and
servers.  Xylogics did most of their software development with Sun's in mind
and since we were a Sun shop we didn't really look at what other things 
they support.  My preference was to the Micro Annexs since it was better for
us to have a portable (8-16 port) cost effective box rather than lots and lots
of ports (Annex 3).
 
We actually turned to the Annex terminal servers after using 3Com (was Bridge
Communications) CS210 terminal servers.  The 3Com boxes worked fine until we
got to the point where we wanted to print over the network.  After much 
frustration and no progress (3Com was _very_ unresponsive) We decided to 
go out and look at the market.  We were very happy with the Xylogics disk 
conrollers and that probably swayed us the final bit.  After trying the
boxes we were very happy and they support the printing functions very well.

Hope this helps.  If you have any furthor questions, feel free to email me.
 
  -john

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  John Navitsky                        e-mail   johnn@eskimo.celestial.com
                                               johnn@locke.hs.washington.ed
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:43:07 GMT
From: richg@hatch.socal.com (Rich Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Is It OK To Leave Cell Phone Battery Charger Plugged In?
Organization: Hatch Usenet and E-mail.  Playa del Rey, CA
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 685, Message 7 of 10

In article <telecom12.675.9@eecs.nwu.edu> sbrenner@cbnewsb.cb.att.com
(scott.d.brenner) writes:

> I have an OKI 891 transportable cellular phone that has a 12V NiCd
> battery (number RP 9021A/64-21055, if it matters).  The charger for
> this battery (model RP9022A) doesn't have any warnings against leaving
> it plugged in all the time.  My question is: would this be all right
> (leaving it plugged in)?

Depends on how "smart" the charger is.  If it cuts off the charging
current to a tiny trickle after charging, its ok.  If not, it will
cook the battery.  Caution: Some "smart" chargers are a bit stupid in
that if you remove and then replace a fully charged battery, it will
start a full charge cycle all over.  This will NOT do the battery any
good.

> On a related matter, why does my FM radio at work seem to get much
> better reception when the cell phone battery charger is plugged into
> the same power strip?

Most home FM radios use the line cord as the antenna.  By plugging in
the charger, you increase the size of the "antenna".  The portion of
the electrical wireing inside the wall is (usually) inside shielding
(bx, flex, or conduit).

                
Rich Greenberg - N6LRT - 310-649-0238 - richg@hatch.socal.com
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 09:53:00 -0500
From: TELECOM Moderator <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Administrivia - 678 Misnumbered as 683
Organization: TELECOM Digest
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 686, Message 1 of 6

The original transmission of 678 failed for some reason. Following issue
683 I was alerted to it and resent 678 to the entire list ... but although
the Digest itself said 678, the envelope said 683 ! ... sorry about
that.  Please take the retransmitted copy of 678 (I assume you did not
get the original) and change the envelope so it reads 678 also. Thanks.


PAT
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 17:35:45 EDT
From: Tom Coradeschi <tcora@pica.army.mil>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Disaster Reporting On Usenet
Organization:  Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 698, Message 6 of 12

YSAR1111@YORKVM1.BITNET writes:

> I am surprised that Usenet, as powerful a medium as it is, has not
> been more widely used to coordinate disaster relief activities.  For

> Are there any folks out there who have experience in creating a new
> newsgroup, and are willing to moderate a discussion and run a vote for

I'm not sure that this is such a great idea. The propagation delay
thru Usenet (due to the nature of the beast) is such that news tends
to travel rather slowly. Sure some very well connected sites (anyone
hanging off UUNET, for example) will get news quickly, but many of the
rest of us are in veritable backwaters. Not really the greatest way to
get out timely or critical information.
Date: 12 Sep 92 06:06:53 GMT
From: bjpst5+@pitt.edu (Bryan J Petty)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Wanted: Info on Bell Atlantic AIN Trials
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 703, Message 10 of 12

I'm looking for any references, info, etc on Bell Atlantic's Advanced
Intelligent Network (AIN) field trials .  I will post a summary if I
receive enough responses.  Thanks in advance. 


Bryan Petty       University of Pittsburgh
st5@lis.pitt.edu  Telecommunication's Department
Compuserve: 73210,1150
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 04:55:44 GMT
From: mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Holtz)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: A Chat With US Sprint
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 712, Message 6 of 14

Well, today, as I was filling out the check to pay my long distance
bill to US Sprint, I discovered an error on my bill: My place of
residence was listed as at #794 ... kinda impossible since I still
live at home. While talking with the service rep, she offered me a
"free" program in which the number I call the most during a billing
period will be deducted 20%. In addition, any US Sprint customer that
I call also gets 20% discount. I said okay. She then said that, unless
I object, that the people I call who are not customers would be
contacted. I, of course, objected. She noted it.

Now comes the wait and see part. I wonder what the reaction would be
of the telemarketer of the "non-Sprint" customer being a modem.  ;)


UUCP: PacBell.COM! -> mholtz!sactoh0   ucbvax!csusac!
Internet: mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us   Fidonet: Mark Holtz@1:203/90.1701
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:21:59 GMT
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: AT&T 'Buying' Back Customers
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 694, Message 9 of 13

leavens@mizar.usc.edu (Justin Leavens) writes:

> I heard someone else mention this briefly before, and I didn't
> understand what they were talking about then, but it seems as though
> AT&T is offering customers $40 to switch to AT&T. I received a mailing
> from AT&T, and I was immediately annoyed by this check-looking thing I
> saw inside (it looked like one of those things that are usually marked
> 'You may already have won').  Strangely enough, this was a real check
> for $40 made out to me, marked 'Endorsement indicates your acceptance'
> or something like that. Anyway, I guess the deal is that if you cash
> the check, you agree to switch over to AT&T. I'll take $40 over my MCI
> totebags and Sprint AM/FM radios anyday ...

> For $40, I'd switch my _mother_ to AT&T. 

Are you sure this is a bona-fide _check_, and not a voucher?  AT&T was
offering a number of switch-back programs, but so far the only ones
I've heard about involved them "paying" in _future_ long distance
service discounts; not actual cash.  Of course, if it's real, and I
get one, I'll probably switch too.  I am not satisfied with MCI's line
quality on long distance modem calls between Baltimore, MD and
Atlanta, GA.


JTT
Date: 12 Sep 92 08:10:18 GMT
From: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: First ESS Was Not in Morris
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 702, Message 2 of 9

The Morris machine was in many ways more of an ESS than the production
ESS. It was indeed gas tubes and was an end marked network that also
required new telephones with tone ringers rather than bells. The
memory in the software controlled computer that ran the morris system
was barrier grid tubes and flying spot program stores.

It was an experimental machine that was started in the early 50's.  I
joined the systems group in 56 and it was still getting defined.

The rapid advance of storage technologies as well as the extreme costs
of replacing phones led to the development of the next generation
machine that was trailed in Succasunna NJ.

Point of info, there was a thought of trialing it in NYC in the
exchange that serviced Macy*s. It was planned to start trial in Nov.
The thought of having a trial near xmas changed the site.


David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele:
215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-274-8293;  Cellular:  302-740-
1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the
sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 06:40:41 EDT
From: levitt@zorro9.fidonet.org (Ken Levitt)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: AT&T 'Buying Back' Customers
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 701, Message 6 of 10

leavens@mizar.usc.edu (Justin Leavens) writes:

> Strangely enough, this was a real check for $40 made out to me, marked 
> 'Endorsement indicates your acceptance' or something like that. Anyway,
> I guess the deal is that if you cash the check, you agree to switch over
> to AT&T.

Joe Trott writes:

> Are you sure this is a bona-fide _check_, and not a voucher?  AT&T was
> offering a number of switch-back programs, but so far the only ones
> I've heard about involved them "paying" in _future_ long distance
> service discounts; not actual cash.

I have a business line which has what New England Tel calls "Remote
Call Forwarding".  This means that my business number is permenantly
and forever forwarded to another number.  That phone number only
appears in the CO.  Since there can never be a phone connected to it,
it would be impossible to ever make an outgoing call on it.

When I established service, NET insisted that I pick a long distance
providor.  I tried explaining to them that this was not necessary, but
in the end, I gave up and picked Sprint.

A few months back I received one of the AT&T chechs in the mail that I
could cash if I was willing to switch this line to them.  I cashed the
check and allowed them to switch this line to AT&T.  A few weeks
later, I received a letter from AT&T thanking me for switching.

I guess if I ever made a LD call and charged it to that number, it
would be billed through AT&T, but I am not likely to do that.
 

Ken Levitt - On FidoNet gateway node 1:16/390     UUCP: zorro9!levitt
INTERNET: levitt@zorro9.fidonet.org or levitt%zorro9.uucp@talcott.harvard.edu
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:51:53 GMT
From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (gordon hlavenka)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Cell Phones in the Air
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 706, Message 1 of 13

> The only reason to be able to do uplink calls would be to call someone
> back after leaving a message or something similar.  Simply have the
> phone number of the Airfone change, and have that number be current
> only for that flight.  Phones from which calls are not made are
> totally inaccesable.  Several digit extensions would probably be
> needed to prevent someone from randomly dialing Airfone extensions and
> stumbling across an active line.

Not secure enough.  I suppose you could go to seven-digit "extensions"
(like a pager PIN) but for a _temporary_ use this would be easy for
the uplink caller to forget.  (We're talking Least Common Denominator
here -- not everyone takes notes and doesn't lose them!)

Also, with several thousand (not an unreasonable number) passengers
registered to receive calls it would be pretty easy to pick a number
at random and connect to _somebody_.  And that's precisely the
situation we need to prevent.

(BTW "Airfone" is a TM or some such.  Since I work for a different ATG
phone company, let's use a generic term like "Airplane Telephone."
Having people think of "Airfone" as a generic term -- like Jello -- is
_exactly_ what GTE wants to happen.)


Gordon S. Hlavenka   cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:59:40 GMT
From: greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu (Greg Trotter)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Disasters and Computer Communications
Organization: A Planet Of His Own
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 690, Message 2 of 10

I need some information regarding methods of emergency data
communications.  Imagine a disaster team in a crisis area, with a
laptop computer and no electricity or phones. What is readily
available (hardware-wise) to facilitate this? Any suggestions are
appreciated; I'm guessing some type of sattelite system.

I would appreciate any replies by mail.


Greg Trotter -- Norman, Oklahoma    greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 10:27 CDT
From: BG09110@SWTEXAS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Commercial Service Addresses
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 713, Message 16 of 16

Does anyone know if Telnet addresses exist for the following services?
 
Portal - I understand that this service will offer free, unrestricted
access to all who logon through Internet.
 
Delphi?
 

B Griggs
BG09110@SWTEXAS.BITNET     (Waiting for our domain name...)
 

[Moderator's Note: I do not believe you can truely telnet to either of
those sites. It's a lot like 'telnet mcimail.com': it says you got
there, but you *really* wind up at the site serving as the gateway and
where the name 'mcimail.com' is aliased.  I think Portal and Delphi
are the same way.  PAT]
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 15:07 GMT
From: Richard Cox <mandarin@cix.clink.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: When Did France go to Eight Digit Numbers
Reply-To: mandarin@cix.clink.co.uk
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 697, Message 2 of 13

C. Moore at BRL.MIL asks when France went to eight digit numbers.  I
can look up the exact date if no one else beats me to it!  Of course
before France went to eight digit numbers, they used a two + six
approach: two digit area code and six digit local number. So, to anyone
calling from outside France, the change made no difference -- the
caller still dialed the country code and eight digits.

Paris was different -- indeed it still is.  Effectively it has nine
digits (an area code of 1, with eight digit local numbers).  Before
the change Paris had two separate single digit area codes for
different "zones", and seven digit local numbers in each zone.  The
plan was for there to be four [or five] zones from 1995, each with a 1
digit area code (prefixed by a "0", instead of "16", when dialing
from other zones). However this plan is being reviewed because users
have said that they would prefer to have standard nine digit national
numbers that can be dialed unchanged from anywhere within France.

Fred Gaechter at Bellcore has said he sees a similar future for the
NANP: dialling ten digits for ALL calls irrespective of whether
they're local, toll, or outwith your NPA. Do other Digest readers
think this would be acceptable?


Richard Cox

Mandarin Technology, Cardiff Business Park, Llanishen, CARDIFF, Wales CF4 5WF
Voice: +44 222 747111      Fax: +44 222 711111      VoiceMail: +44 399 870101
E-mail: mandarin@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 11:43:49 GMT
From: kipp@s45.csrd.uiuc.edu (Lyle D. Kipp)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: A/A1 Answer Supervision
Organization: UIUC Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 702, Message 4 of 9

> [Moderator's Note: Multi-line phones were first in use in New York
> City in the middle 1920's. Does anyone remember the old three line
> phones with six buttons? There was a hold button for each line. I
> think they were manufactured by Automatic Electric in the 1940-50
> period. GTE used them for multi-line business customers back then.  PAT]

Normally a lurker, I just couldn't let this one go by ...

I remember the three line/six button phones, and I wasn't even born
until 1964.  In 1972, my parents opened a department store in my home
town in southern Illinois.  Our service was indeed from GTE, and the
phones were manufactured by Automatic Electric.  The store had two
phone lines and used the third button for an intercom.  The phones
were still in use in 1990 when my parents leased out the building.  I
think the phones were returned to GTE at that time.
Date: 7 Sep 1992 22:02:19 GMT
From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Telecom Using Power Lines
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 691, Message 5 of 13

A long time ago when you went to a telephone business office there
would be a rack of brochures and booklets, including at least one that
explained how telephones work (in terms of electromagnets and carbon
granules and all that kind of stuff that isn't used anymore).  I
believe it was in one of these that I saw mention of a rural telephone
carrier system that used the power line for transmission.  There was a
picture of a farmhouse and a power pole next to it, and a high voltage
capacitor that ran from the high voltage power line to a box that had
the telephone electronics in it.


haynes@cats.ucsc.edu    haynes@cats.bitnet
From: 76672.2564@CompuServe.COM (Ben Black)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Automated Calls
Date: 10 Sep 92 23:58:38 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 699, Message 11 of 11

Since you're directing the teleslime toward the DC cellular prefix,
why not word the message like this ...

"I am an automated message delivery service. I am calling you today to
solicit your support for ___________ legislation. If you are a member
of the House, press 1. If you belong to the Senate, press 2."


Ben Black
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92  05:26:35 EDT
From: Paul Robinson <FZC@CU.NIH.GOV>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Switch Names
Reply-To: TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM, TDARCOS@ATTMAIL.COM,
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 711, Message 3 of 8

In TELECOM Digest 12-685, John Palmer <jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> and Pat
talk about exchange names:

[John Palmer:]

> In Detroit, we live in an area where the exchange name used to be
> TUXedo...I used to think that the CO name was the name of a street
> on which the CO was located (or a street near the CO), but there
> isn't a TUXEDO in that area.

[Pat:]

> [Moderator's Note: But here in Chicago we had a 'true TUXedo' as in
> 889. The CO's here were variously named for the street they were
> located on or the neighborhood; sometimes an historical person or
> event (i.e. HAymarket [riots]; [Mayor Carter] HARrison.  PAT]

I'm not sure what they are doing here.  We have several offices in the
(unnamed) government agency I work out of (as a contractor, not as a
federal employee) in which we cross two different switch zones of C&P
Telephone.  One of them is called 'Bethesda' for the office in
Bethesda, Md., and the other one is a few miles up the road in
Rockville, Md., and is located on Montrose Ave., and that switch is
called 'Montrose'.

"If I or any user of this account are caught making opinions, the
secretary will disavow any knowledge of them ..."