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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!funny.bahnhof.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike.volvo.se!cyklop.volvo.se!peter From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSD/OS 2.1: support for Digiboard PC/X? Date: 17 Sep 1996 19:00:13 GMT Organization: Volvo Corp. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <51msft$kj0@nike.volvo.se> References: <51777d$a05@luva.lb.bawue.de> <51a60n$f7q@moon.igcom.net> <51kleu$6df@jade.emeraldis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyklop.volvo.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] We run 32 ports in X/em all in 115kbits... (using bsdi 1.1) David G. Cannon (david@emeraldis.com) wrote: : In article <51a60n$f7q@moon.igcom.net>, david@terra.igcom.net (David B. Bauman) wrote: : > Michael Giegerich (migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de) wrote: : > : > : Does BSD/OS support Digiboard's PC/X multiport cards? : > : > Sure does. I found the PC/Xem (isa or pci) works well. : We have a PC/Xem card running 56 ports. We have been very pleased with the : performance, however, we have experienced some "output stalled" messages that : we believe is contributed to the PC/Xem card. The other thing you may want to : consider is througput rates and the number of ports it will support. The : PC/Xem card will support 64 ports, but you will do good to get 38400bps : throughput on all 64 ports. You certainly won't get 57600bps. Even the Digi : techs will tell you that they only guarantee 57600bps on 32 ports. : I suggest you check-out the Comtrol Rocketport. It is also supported by BSDI. : It will support 128 ports! They guarantee a throughput of 230,400bps full : duplex on 32 ports. They also say it will perform at 57,600bps across all 128 : ports! The Digi PC/Xem card has one 16bit processor, but the Rocketport has 4 : 16bit 36mhz processors. Besides all of that, it is *significantly* cheaper : than Digi's PC/Xem card and so are their equivalents to the Ports/16em port : boxes. Now, I have not actually used one yet, but as you can see, I'm already : sold on the product. We plan to purchase one in the next couple of weeks. : Ask them to send you their Product Comparison book. Make sure they send you : the Unix comparison rather than the Novell comparison. They used two different : flavors of Unix for their testing (SVR4.2 and SCO). : *David* -- -- Peter Hakanson VolvoData Dep 2580 phone +46 31 66 74 27