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Date:      Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:56:00 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        brooks@one-eyed-alien.net
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: multi-port serial PCCards for 3.x
Message-ID:  <199901192056.NAA04466@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9901191104100.20989-100000@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.05.9901191104100.20989-100000@orion.ac.hmc.edu>

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> I'm working on an application where we're looking at stripping down some
> Librettos to use as very mobile computers.

We're doing this very thing at work.  300 of them to be exact. :)

> Unfortunaly they have rather
> limitited I/O capacity.

If you make the docking station 'mandatory', they work well.

> We'd like to give them some more serial ports via
> a PCCard.

We're also doing this, but under Win95.

> We'll be happy with 2 ports, but 4 sure wouldn't hurt.  What do people
> recommend for a 3.x system without PAO.

FreeBSD doesn't support multi-function cards, even if the cards have the
same function on them.  (Multiple serial cards, etc..)



Nate

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