Re: 5294 controllers on 56k lines

[willy <willy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Neil Palmer wrote: 
> I would imagine that you can purchase a used 5394 for about that same
> price.  Less if you consider that you had to get two "expensive" DSUs
> and you would only need the one 5394.

Neil -- your point is well taken.  However, used 5394's run around $1500
in our area, and we would have needed 14 of them; and the low-priced
DSU's work OK on the host AS/400's V.35 ports.

>  Then you could send the 5294 to the junk yard where it belongs.

 Eventually, we'll do just that, but on an as-needed basis.

Thanks for your input -- Willy 
 
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  Willy Wilson                  
willy@riback.com           
Columbia, MO USA
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