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From: ernstjdt@itu.sun.ac.za (Ernst J du Toit)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Chase 8 Port Support?
Date: 6 Dec 1993 18:53:03 GMT
Organization: Cape Technikon
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Summary: FreeBSD support for Chase 8 Port card?
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Hi

I've got a oldish Chase Research 8 port serial card in an Interactive box
that will become free soon. Is there any support for this card in FreeBSD?
I know that FreeBSD supports the AST 4 Port cards like a song, but this
card is a bit more intelligent - it uses 2 interrupts and a DMA channel and
has an Intel 80186 doing the hard work talking to 4 Zilog DARTs.

I would really like to use this card, but the only UNIX drivers I could get
was for SCO XENIX (ugh) and ISC, but NO Source! I seriously doubt if 
Chase Research still supports this card. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Ernst
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Ernst du Toit				ernstjdt@maxwell.ctech.ac.za
School of Electrical Engineering
Cape Technikon