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From: bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Suggested 4 or 8 port cards for 386BSD
Message-ID: <CB7oF7.5s1@obiwan.uucp>
Date: 4 Aug 93 01:35:16 GMT
References: <1993Aug3.144606.6259@data-io.com>
Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX
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In article <1993Aug3.144606.6259@data-io.com> bachesta@pugsley.Data-IO.COM (Jim Bachesta) writes:
>I'm looking for a resonably priced 4 or 8 port serial
>board that will work with 386BSD or NetBSD. Does anyone
>have any suggestions.
I am using (well, just getting set up) a BocaBoard BB1008 8-port
card. This is, effectively, 8 16550A's (in two chips, 4 each).
The only real problem that I see with this card (and its 4-port
little brother) is that it does not support all of the modem lines.
Its missing RI, DSR, DTR, and DCD. None of these are important
for a locally attached terminal (which is all that I plan to use
it with). They do sell a 16-port card (BB2016) that has all of
these lines for each port. It looks like the sio.c driver will
support the card w/o too much fuss (minor changes to the probe
routine required, though).
I paid $169 for the BB1008. I believe the BB2016 was around $329.
(This was at Altex Electronics, I have not shopped around for these
and so don't know who else carries them.)
I am also using a AST 4-port card (a clone, actually) with 16550As
installed for my modems. (Had to cut out the 16450s that came with
it and install sockets to support the 16550As.)
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