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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!psgrain!percy!nerd From: nerd@percy.rain.com (Michael Galassi) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Digiboards and BSDI/386 Message-ID: <C89q11.5uE@percy.rain.com> Date: 7 Jun 93 20:24:36 GMT Article-I.D.: percy.C89q11.5uE References: <1993Jun1.091623.6127@spcvxb.spc.edu> <1ule4l$rq5@wzv.win.tue.nl> <C82Aw4.16s@percy.rain.com> <1993Jun4.094829.6159@spcvxb.spc.edu> <C87uAF.96A@percy.rain.com> <1993Jun7.100932.6179@spcvxb.spc.edu> Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 24 mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes: >Well, the bottom line(s): >1. I need a multiport card. I will buy one in less than a week. >2. I have heard good things about Digiboard, but I can't use one > without a proper driver. >3. I am puzzled that Digiboard wouldn't pay someone to write a > driver and sell it in binary form if they are so concerned about > people discovering their "trade secrets." BSDI & DigiBoard both have excelent development staff but both live under time constraints, as soon as it is ready, trust me, they will release it. >It would be truly unfortunate, if I had to either (a) get another >smart board because of this or (b) buy a dumb board and load down >my cpu with serial I/O. Give my experience with Digi, yes, it would be unfortunate. In the mean time, solution (b) could be practical for the short term. -michael