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From: sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen Hocking)
Subject: Re: I Want FreeBSD Intelligent Multiport Serial Card Support
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 03:28:21 GMT
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larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) writes:
>God bless Linux I guess, but I hate it. So why use it? Because it has
>support for the Cyclades intelligent multi-port serial card which works
>and is attractively priced - a "first time buyer" can get a 16-port
>version for $400. As hard to imagine as it is, FreeBSD does not seem
>to have support for any intelligent serial cards - I posted an article
>here asking which cards are now or will be supported and did not get a
>single response.
One is in the -current version of the sources - I've seen the commit
request go flying by. Get hold of the snapshot which is due on the 17th - it
will have it, although you'll have to make your own kernel (which is not that
hard).
Stephen
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