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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix Capabilities
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Date: 1 Jun 90 00:56:14 GMT
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olmiller@xibm.asd.contel.com (Otto Miller) writes:
>I have several questions on minix, here they are in no
>particular order!
>
>1).	I have a need for a computer that will primarily serve
>	several modems (some may be syncronous?).  Is the tty
>	driver in minix capable of this.  Also are there any
>	drivers for any of those 4-8 multi-port boards on the
>	net?

No.  In fact, the vendors of the major multiport boards (Digiboard, Equinox,
Computone, Anvil, etc.) supply a driver disk for Xenix 286/386, and the
System V/386 implementations of Unix.  If you want to bang the driver into
working with Minix, you can try.  The tty driver to my knowledge only supports
the standard serial ports that are accessible from DOS.
 
>2).     Has anyone written a driver for any of the voice mail
>	cards (I only know of PC cards to date... but I am sure
>	there are others) like Watson, BigMouth etc.?

I don't think such drivers even exist for Xenix/Unix.  I've asked the question
whether or not drivers and/or software for FAX boards exist, and I have yet to
get any responses.

>3). In the event that minix is not capable of doing this to
>	date, does anyone have a recommended hardware and
>	software solution to the above?

Your guess is as good as mine.  
 
     // JCA

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