From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 7 18:38:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA29035 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:38:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA29027 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:38:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA28425; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:44:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19990208134448.A28384@caamora.com.au> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:44:48 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: stb 4 port serial card using a shared interupt Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello all .. i didn't know if -questions -hardware or -isp would be the apropriate forum for this question, so in the confusion i posted it here in -questions. i've recently aquired a very old "Acer" derivide pentium (p5) 90 mhz with a 4 port serial card. it is a stb 4 port using st16880(??) - startech uart, it can run at about 230 kbits/sec, i believe. my problem is that i have no documentation for this card and would like to use it in my freebsd v2.2.7-release (soon to be v2.2.8-release) network gateway machine. i believe it is possible to use the serial ports via a single interupt. i recieved the machine (and serial card) as a working ms windows 95 converted ms dos (fidonet) bulletin board. it works well in ms dos mode and ms win 95 .. but, i would like to be able to run the card in freebsd .. if i could discover the jumpering information to convert it from its current 4 ports on four irqs. any assistance would be greatly apreciated. with thanks regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message