From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 29 00:24:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA13953 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:24:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA13948 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 00:24:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA20624; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 16:43:20 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606290713.QAA20624@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server To: Kevin_Swanson@BLaCKSMITH.com (Kevin Swanson) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 16:43:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9606281800.AA05807@BLaCKSMITH.com> from "Kevin Swanson" at Jun 28, 96 02:00:10 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Kevin Swanson stands accused of saying: > > I was told by Digi that their "dumb" 8-port boards (PC/8), could only go up > to 19.2 KBps if you used 16550's. This doesn't sound right based on some of > the responses I've been getting. This more likely reflects the software that's being used to talk to the card than the card itself. > Someone mentioned using a Cyclades-8 port serial card at 115.2 > KBps. Is that with 16550's? The Cyclades cards are 'smart' cards; I don't know what UARTs they use, but they have onboard intelligence that removes the necessity to care. > Kevin Swanson -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[