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From: cne6745@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (ELFERS, CN)
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Subject: How Many dial-ins does Amiga UNIX support?
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Date: 28 Oct 90 15:46:48 GMT
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This is my first post to this newsgroup so please, no flames!

I want to use the Amiga UNIX as a part-time business (I'll provide ftp service
for people who don't have access to a college, university, or company which has
it.)

Anyway, I will want to allow about 4-5 people dialed in but will want the
option to allow up to 40 or so. Questions:

1) Is there some kind of serial port expansion out there which will allow 
   multiple users? What is the limit for this peice of hardware?

2) Would I have to have a seperate modem for each user or is there some kind of
   special multiplexer I could use?

3) How many users will the AMIGA unix support thru dial-ins? What would I have
   to do to allow 40 dial-ins? Set up some kind of server?

4) There is a Multiuser Serial I/O for UNIX card put out by Chase Research
   which looks like it would do what I want but it is for the AT, MCA, and EISA
   bus. Is there any way to use all the hardware for the IBM with Amiga UNIX?


I'm sorry if these appear naive. I would appreciate any info on above. Thanks.

-Chris Elfers


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