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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!hookup!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!yale!yale.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Can linux do this, or should I use FreeBSD? Date: Wed, 20 Apr 94 11:11:34 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <pi2NzQm.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <2ok90m$h5f@altitude.HIP.CAM.ORG> <JY3PLmK.dysonj@delphi.com> <2p2r1f$o77@bronze.coil.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-To: Henry Ware <hware@bronze.coil.com> Henry Ware <hware@bronze.coil.com> writes: >How would 8 or 16 serial ports work on ISA bus FreeBSD/Linux? Do >device drivers exist for the multiport serial hardware for these OSs? Or >am I missing something basic? I have heard that you can use the 4/8 port boca board. I am in the process of setting up a 16 port system (maybe more) using the BB2016. John dyson@implode.root.com