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From: paepcke@dva.in-berlin.de (Michael Paepcke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: high speed serial ports
Date: 10 Feb 1995 18:21:25 +0100
Organization: Public access UN*X system, 13407 Berlin -- Germany.
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... I'm using an ASUS SP3G Board with on-board serial ports COM1 & COM2
an I need more serial ports (2 or 4). 

with:

* low System / CPU load by high speed transfers
* serial speeds up to 230k (are there any 230k driver for FreeBSD ?)
* low price 

Which serial board may be the best choice ?
Cheap NoName Cards with two or four 16550A's (FIFO's) ?

thanx & bye