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Subject: Re: PPP at 115200 bps (FreeBSD or Linux?) to a Xyplex MX1620?
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From: ernstjdt@ctech.ac.za
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 07:07:03 GMT
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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