From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Oct 1 20:53:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA29116 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 20:53:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bsd7.cs.sunysb.edu (bsd7.cs.sunysb.edu [130.245.1.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA29110 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 20:53:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by bsd7.cs.sunysb.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id XAA02905 for hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 23:52:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from gene@localhost) by starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02311; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 23:51:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 23:51:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Gene Stark Message-Id: <199710020351.XAA02311@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> To: hardware@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Dan Odom's message of Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:44:03 GMT Subject: Re: Multiple serial ports References: <199709300128.BAA02166@jimi.danodom.com> <199709301841.SAA03454@jimi.danodom.com> <3.0.3.32.19970930150358.00732b2c@nething.com> <60rpq1$lea@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dan Odom writes: > Randy Berndt writes: > > At 06:41 PM 9/30/97 GMT, you wrote: > > >The Boca cards all say "does not support modems," > > > > Actually, the Boca-4 and Boca-8 do not support modems. The Boca-6 (never > > seen one) and the Boca-16 DO support modems. The -16 uses a weird 10-pin > > RJ-45 connection (cables available from Boca). I do not use modems on them, > > but I have them null modem-ed to a mini-computer that thinks they are > > modems, and everything seems to work ok. The Boca-16 (BB 8016?) cards are hard to get these days. I believe they might have been discontinued by Boca -- not sure. The Boca-8 (BB 1008) cards do not support modems -- I have one of those and it works fine other than that limitation. The Boca-6 (IOAT/66) card *does* support modems. I have several of these, and have used modems on them. I have been buying the IOAT/66 cards from http://www.trucost.com for $75 (bought two in the last 6 weeks). I have also been buying the cables that go with them from them for $14 for a 2-pack. You can put two IOAT/66's on one system (replacing the normal COM1 and COM2), so the cost for 12 modem-compatible ports built in this way is: 2 x $75 = $150 for the cards 6 x $14 = $ 84 for the cables Total: $234 + S+H. - Gene Stark