Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bally!pete
From: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete "Officially in Limbo" Gregory)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: System/6000 questions.
Message-ID: <294@bally.Bally.COM>
Date: 5 Jul 90 17:18:53 GMT
References: <40900001@sunb6> <1813@ks.UUCP>
Reply-To: pete@bally.UUCP (Pete "Officially in Limbo" Gregory)
Organization: Bally Systems, Reno, Nevada
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In article <1813@ks.UUCP> drake@ibmarc.uucp (Sam Drake) writes:
>I can't answer all your questions, but here's a start.
>In article <40900001@sunb6> voss@sunb6.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>>3)  How fast can you push the 320's serial ports?  (I'ld love 56 kbps [ISDN])
>>    (One at a time, or both?)
>
>I couldn't find a number for the built-in serial ports.  The various
>expansion cards that support serial ports (there are 8, 16, and 64 port
>cards available) support up to 38.4Kbps.

Does anyone in IBM-land have data on AGGREGATE throughput rates on serial
ports???  Nearly any modern UNIX box can drive ONE 38.4kbps port at 
saturation, but can the RS/6000 drive *64* 38.4kpbs ports at saturation?

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