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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Subject: Re: BSD386/NetBSD for a public access internet site Message-ID: <1993Jun15.175957.23653@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 References: <WAYNE.93Jun15093642@backbone.uucp> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 17:59:57 GMT Lines: 41 According to Wayne Schlitt <wayne@backbone.uucp>: > > > > >There is a group of people around here that is looking into creating a >public access internet site. We are considering using a PC with >BSD386 or NetBSD for our system. We have a few questions that I >haven't been able to answer from reading the FAQ's and such. > > > >1) How many modem ports can BSD386 support? > > a) Does BSD386 allow you to share interrupts for those 4-port 16550 > serial cards that are out there? > > b) Does BSD386 support the any "intelligent" multi-port cards? Are you sure you mean BSd386? BSD386 usually refers to BSDI's product, which is $$$'s, but comes with support, and yes, does support some multiport cards. (you can ftp to bsdi.com, and slog around in their info dir for more). NetBSD is a bunch of guys getting together, and cranking out code. 386BSD is 1 guy, w/o any help cranking out some code. In any case, you can probably get something to work with 386BSD, or NetBSD, but it might be a tad less stable than BSD386 from BSDI. If a multiport card is a problem, you snag a TCP/IP terminal server, and setup a mini-network that would probably work fine. 386BSD (at least mine with the latest patchkit) is giving me some grief over high-speed communications. Could be the latest intr code, or something like that. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu