From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 10:03:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03434 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:03:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abby.skypoint.net (abby.skypoint.net [199.86.32.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03372 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:01:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rpj@fep.hirshfields.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by abby.skypoint.net (8.8.7/jl 1.3) with UUCP id MAA20454; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:00:24 -0600 (CST) Received: (from rpj@localhost) by fep.hirshfields.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA21686; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:34:30 -0600 (CST) From: "Roger P. Johnson" Message-Id: <199801161734.LAA21686@fep.hirshfields.com> Subject: Re: BOCA-16 io boxes To: jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (John Birrell) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:34:29 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199801150338.OAA07831@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> from John Birrell at "Jan 15, 98 02:38:48 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Chris Parry wrote: > > Hello, I'm looking to purchase some sets of the BOCA-16 iobox (with the > > ISA card). Unfortunately they've been discontinued. > > > > Does anyone have any for sale? Is there another vendor I can goto that > > will be supported under FreeBSD that can give me 16 COM ports per ISA > > card? > > > > Currently I can only locate one potential vendor: > > http://www.gtek.com/products.html > > > > Comments welcome. > > What about Stallion? The drivers are in the tree. > Digi's PC/16e ISA/PCI board w/25 DB-25's or RJ-45 connectors works for me, us at work. I use the ISA version with the DB-25's. We use them commercially useing FreeBSD and the digiboard for our serial printers and terminals. They work great. I only use about half of the ports on the board, and at 19200 baud max, so I can't say for a heavily loaded system. FreeBSD has the drivers built in. The Digi PC/16e, what I pay, is mid to high $800 range. You can get them from Kent Datacomm, email me if you want a phone number and/or email address. Roger