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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13763 comp.protocols.ppp:6190 comp.os.linux.help:59461 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!delaroca From: delaroca@library.ucla.edu (Denis De La Roca) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620? Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help Date: 11 Oct 1994 08:52:20 GMT Organization: UCLA Microcomputer Support Office Lines: 12 Message-ID: <37djo4$h8d@news.mic.ucla.edu> References: <JKH.94Oct6212030@freefall.cdrom.com> <37bi89$img@green.cs.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: montag.library.ucla.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jay Juch (juch7044@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: : btw:ESP card is a 16550 clone? if it is how it is better? : I thought it was very proprietary. lacking driver support. : how much does it cost? No! It has its own onboard processor and features 2KB FIFO buffers and DMA. To applications that don't support its native driver it can offer a 16550 interface with the added benefit of deep buffering. It is in this mode that the *nix folks are using it. Though, someone could write a *nix driver... -- Denis