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From: nbladt@aut.UUCP (Norbert Bladt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: 4 Port Serial Boards
Keywords: FAS,MU-440,DFI,Serial
Message-ID: <1046@aut.UUCP>
Date: 22 Oct 90 14:06:34 GMT
References: <1990Oct5.213445.6176@sdgsun.uucp> <27447@usc.edu> <1990Oct12.104519.2171@ctk1.UUCP> <1990Oct15.005916.21858@unixland.uucp>
Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, CH-3073 Guemligen Switzerland
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bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:

>[lots of other stuff deleted]

>If one of these 4-port boards is installed in a 386, can the existing
>two serial ports (on a generic i/o card) remain installed, giving a 
>total of 6 ports (plus retaining the parallel port on that card)?
Yes. We have an AST 4-port compatible card and six serial ports running.
We use the FAS 2.07 driver (couldn't get the ISC driver to work reliable
with our application) and it works great.
A printer is connected to the second serial port, a mouse to the first
one and modems to the other.

Norbert Bladt.
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