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From: hware@bronze.coil.com (Henry Ware)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can linux do this, or should I use FreeBSD?
Date: 20 Apr 1994 05:01:35 -0400
Organization: Central Ohio Internet Link
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Summary: 16 serial ports on a PC?

In article <JY3PLmK.dysonj@delphi.com>, John Dyson  <dysonj@delphi.com> wrote:
>Daniel Gelinas <gelinas@CAM.ORG> writes:
> 
>>I wish to set up a public access internet link with Linux.  I would probably
>>go up to 8 dial-ins(eventually more), and I would provide ftp,telnet,irc,
>>slip-ppp, and e-mail capabilities.
> 
>FreeBSD can *easily* handle these things.  Also there are FreeBSD systems
>T1 connected, and slip connected and everything in-between.

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?

Thanks for any info, or pointers to info; please, no general FreeBSD/Linux 
flames.
 
BTW: mightn't the original poster be better off using a used/clone Sparc 
station?  (Assuming he hasn't purchased hardware yet.)  Or is the price/ 
performace ratio in the PC's favor (given a decent OS)?

-Henry



-- 
That does it!  I'm putting me back in my kill file.