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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news-out.internetmci.com!peerfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Best Unix for SLIP/PPP Server- Best Reliability/Cost? Date: 16 Nov 1996 19:54:04 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <56m28s$jpb@cynic.portal.ca> References: <56cfhc$h8b@access5.digex.net> <56igd8$if@anorak.coverform.lan> <56l9i4$e7k@cynic.portal.ca> <56lbop$egq@nntp1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:50512 comp.protocols.ppp:15915 comp.unix.questions:91387 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31125 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4868 In article <56lbop$egq@nntp1.best.com>, Matt Dillon <dillon@flea.best.net> wrote: > Nobody polls serial ports except old Mac software that didn't know > any better. > > Modern multi-port serial cards will do hardware handshaking themselves > and use FIFOs. And how does the data get out of the FIFOs? You've got it: polling. No interrupts are generated. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.