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From: delaroca@library.ucla.edu (Denis De La Roca)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620?
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Date: 11 Oct 1994 08:52:20 GMT
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Jay Juch (juch7044@cs.nyu.edu) wrote:

: btw:ESP card is a 16550 clone? if it is how it is better?
:     I thought it was very proprietary. lacking driver support.
:     how much does it cost?

No! It has its own onboard processor and features 2KB FIFO buffers and DMA.
To applications that don't support its native driver it can offer a 16550
interface with the added benefit of deep buffering. It is in this mode that
the *nix folks are using it. Though, someone could write a *nix driver...

-- Denis