From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 30 14:42:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA19368 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:42:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA19361 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA04910; Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606302140.OAA04910@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Brett Glass" cc: "Jacob M. Parnas" , henry@zoo.toronto.edu, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server In-reply-to: Your message of p 29 Jun 96 21:54:17 PST . <9605308361.AA836148602@ccgate.infoworld.com> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:40:49 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> The TI 17550 can go up to 900kbaud/second, which is a new UART. >That's the TI 15570, I believe. It has a 64-byte buffer, as does one of the >new Exar/Startech parts. > >Some of the other solutions use "intelligent" UARTs from Cirrus Logic. The Don't forget the Hayes ESP cards, which can go up to ~900Kbps. They emulate a 16550 and have a 1024-byte FIFO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------