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From: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: ESIX- Additional Serial Ports?
Keywords: ESIX Serial Dumb-cheap-AT-serial-cards?
Message-ID: <2004@jwt.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 90 03:31:11 GMT
References: <569@eds1.UUCP> <538@everex.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Private system -- Orlando, FL
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In article <538@everex.UUCP> jde@everex.UUCP (-Jeff Ellis) writes:
>You can get an AST 4 port board that will put all four ports on one IRQ, 

Does anyone know of a source for this board (or clone) and the cost?  Are
the UARTs socketed?

>BTW if you have Rev D of ESIX it will
>make use of the 16550 FIFO chip if you have it.

Is anything required to enable the 16550?  It's not mentioned on the
asy(7) man page.
-- 
John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)