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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!uchinews!ncar!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!panix!MathWorks.Com!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!valis!kevin From: kevin@valis.ampr.ab.ca (Kevin B. Fluet) Subject: Re: Can linux do this, or should I use FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1994Apr23.010608.7714@valis.ampr.ab.ca> Organization: WorldGate Internet BBS, Edmonton, Canada (403)444-7685 Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 01:06:08 GMT References: <2ok90m$h5f@altitude.HIP.CAM.ORG> <JY3PLmK.dysonj@delphi.com> <2p2r1f$o77@bronze.coil.com> <pi2NzQm.dysonj@delphi.com> Lines: 26 John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> writes: >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. Yep, me too. I just put a BB2016 in my Linux box last week. 16 high speed ports on ONE IRQ. Plug and play with Linux (I don't know about */BSD/*, but I'd imagine it would be just as easy). Do NOT buy the BB100[48]. No modem control lines. Make sure you order cables when you order the BB2016. You won't find them anywhere else... -- Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Fluet WorldGate Public Access Internet kfluet@ccinet.ab.ca Edmonton, Alberta, Canada kevin@valis.ampr.ab.ca (403)444-7685