*BSD News Article 29758


Return to BSD News archive

Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!soda.berkeley.edu!mds
From: mds@soda.berkeley.edu (Mark D. Spiller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: extra com ports on a 486
Date: 20 Apr 1994 21:12:41 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Undergrad Assoc, UCBerkeley
Lines: 19
Message-ID: <2p45s9$4c7@agate.berkeley.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu


I would like to add two more serial ports to my 486, but
am not sure about the hardware that that would require...

Currently I have the standard cheapo drive controller card
with two serial/1 gmae/1parallel, IRQ's 3 and 4 for the coms...

I got another one of these cards, but looking at the description, i
only supports IRQ3 and 4 for the com ports also - no option for 5
and 9, as specified in the FreeBSD install notes...  So, looks
like I may need another card?  Or is there some way to get this
to work?  (If I do need another card, would it be another wone of
this type or something fancier? (ie > $20)).

Thanks for any info that anyone can offer!

Mark D. Spiller
mds@soda.berkeley.edu