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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!unixhub!ditka!ohare!kls From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) Subject: 4 port 16550A/16554 serial cards -- Kouwell vs. STB Message-ID: <1993Aug18.205035.11643@ohare.Chicago.COM> Organization: Chicago Software Works Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 20:50:35 GMT Lines: 17 I'm planning on buying a 4 port dumb (albeit 16550A, i.e. FIFO) serial card for my new NetBSD system. Chris and maybe others have well have mentioned the STB card, which uses the 16554, essentially 4 16550A UARTs integrated into one chip. Several places in the SF Bay Area advertise these for $109. Several other places have a Kouwell 4 port card, which claims to use the 16550A (possibly a 16554), and is $40 cheaper. Is this a better deal or does the STB card have desireable functionality/quality/whatever that the Kouwell card lacks? Are there other, competetive cards that would be an even better choice? Where might I find the best prices on whatever board I choose, preferably local here in the Bay Area? -- Karl Swartz |INet kls@ditka.chicago.com 1-415/854-3409 |UUCP uunet!decwrl!ditka!kls |Snail 2144 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park CA 94025, USA Send sci.aeronautics.airliners submissions to airliners@chicago.com