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From: kleonard@gvlv1.gvl.unisys.com (Ken Leonard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: commport boards and MNP/etc (was: Error-correcting modems & uucp
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Date: 11 Apr 90 12:47:54 GMT
References: <963@frcs.UUCP> <21466@nuchat.UUCP> <511445@nstar.UUCP> <1990Apr8.154834.1545@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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In article <1990Apr8.154834.1545@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@mcs.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
* 
* We >can't< run hardware flow control, since we have an Equinox board, which
* doesn't support both it and modem control on the same port.
* 
Which brings up a question we're trying to sort out...
Which multiport boards (especially for more than eight ports per CPU)
support modem control _and_ flow control _and_ run with less CPU overhead
than "native" com1/com2 ports (i.e. on a PClone-386 box)?
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regardz,
Ken