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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13772 comp.protocols.ppp:6206 comp.os.linux.help:59539 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!quagga.ru.ac.za!ucthpx!uctvax.uct.ac.za!ctech.ac.za!ernstjdt 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? Message-ID: <ernstjdt.44.2E9B8B17@ctech.ac.za> From: ernstjdt@ctech.ac.za Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 07:07:03 GMT References: <JKH.94Oct6212030@freefall.cdrom.com> <37bi89$img@green.cs.nyu.edu> <37djo4$h8d@news.mic.ucla.edu> Organization: Cape Technikon Nntp-Posting-Host: 155.238.48.33 Lines: 25 In article <37djo4$h8d@news.mic.ucla.edu> delaroca@library.ucla.edu (Denis De La Roca) writes: >Subject: Re: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620? >From: delaroca@library.ucla.edu (Denis De La Roca) >Date: 11 Oct 1994 08:52:20 GMT >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 Sorry for jumping in so late, but where on this planet can I get my hands on this card??? Can you mail me an address, fax number prefered, or better are the manufactures on the net? Ernst