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> On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Chris Magnuson wrote:
>
> > Otay, I have a question about the PM3. It has 6 slots and can house up to
> > 60 modems. Of course, you can only get a max of 48 modems in there fully
> > utilized because of the fact that 2 chan. T1 lines gives your 48 dialins.
> >
> > So why all that extra capacity? Would you really need to have 12 extra
> > modems in the chassis for getting stuck (if that ever happens) or if they
> > go bad? This really seems like overkill.
> >
> > I'm filling our PM3's with 8-modem cards, but thought I'd ask about this.
> > What would make you want to use the 10-modem cards? Are there some planned
> > upgrades happening soon that will make 10-modem cards the easy choise to
> > free more slots for other things? If so, what?
> >
> > Any info appreciated before I lease a ton of new 8-modem cards.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Magnuson
> >
>
> As has been mentioned is this list MANY times for MONTHS, other card
> types are planned, and that (4 x 10) + (1 x 8) card setup is recommended,
> leaving one free slot.
Also, the box is very similar to the E version which _CAN_ handle 60 lines
using 2E1s ..... it was very efficient use of engineering resources on
Livingston's part to do so... at least IMHO...
;)
-- Aloha from Paradise,Sherwood