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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: bidirectional com ports Date: 3 Nov 1993 19:38:46 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <2b91c6$6kv@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CFw6yK.EBq@feenix.metronet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.coe.montana.edu In article <CFw6yK.EBq@feenix.metronet.com>, Phil Gilley <pgilley@feenix.metronet.com> wrote: >I've been out of touch for a long time, so bear with me. I'm about >to upgrade my 386BSD 0.1 + patchkit 0.2.2 system (hey, I said it's >been a long time) to NetBSD 0.9 or FreeBSD 1.0. Do either of these >support bidirectional com ports? Both do. FreeBSD uses the sio drivers, NetBSD has a revamped com driver that works, and my understanding is that NetBSD is cranking out a replacement serial driver to get better performance than com. (although com worked fine for me at 57.6 when I was using it.) -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu