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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!duncan From: duncan@netcom.com (Donald K. Duncan) Subject: Re: Suggested 4 or 8 port cards for 386BSD Message-ID: <duncanCBx62K.6Ey@netcom.com> Summary: jdr has 4 port card Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1993Aug3.144606.6259@data-io.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 19:56:43 GMT Lines: 22 In article <1993Aug3.144606.6259@data-io.com>, bachesta@pugsley.Data-IO.COM (Jim Bachesta) writes: > I'm looking for a resonably priced 4 or 8 port serial > board that will work with 386BSD or NetBSD. Does anyone > have any suggestions. > JDR Microdevices in San Jose, Ca (408) 280-7144 has a 4 port serial card for less than $100. Some surgery was required to get it up with cgd's serial driver (now obsolete) but it works fine. I have a 486dx50 running 0.2.3 with three of these cards for a total of 12 serial ports. If you are interested, I can provide details of what was required to get the card to work. It comes with 16450 uarts and you should upgrade to 16550. I have not tried it with NetBSD or 0.2.4 but I would expect it to work with the updated drivers ala Bruce Evans. Somebody on the net was making noise about building an 8 port board. I don't know what ever became of it. -- duncan@zycad.com (Donald Duncan - WB6QMS)