Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ziploc!eps
From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Serial port extender?
Message-ID: <1279@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 5 Feb 91 00:48:27 GMT
References: <3135.279BABD7@blkcat.fidonet.org> <1991Feb3.011613.9122@ims.alaska.edu> <1991Feb4.225018.2698@zardoz.cpd.com>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Distribution: usa
Organization: San Francisco State University
Lines: 23

In article <1991Feb4.225018.2698@zardoz.cpd.com>
	neil@uninet.cpd.com (Neil Gorsuch) writes:
>Briefly ( 8-), the Uninet SLAT provides extra asynchronous serial and
>Centronics parallel ports via the SCSI bus for workstations.  It
>doesn't add any new drivers, does not require kernel rebuilding, is a
                              ^^^ *nothing* on the NeXT does ^^^
>nice scsi peripheral as fasr as co-existing with other scsi
>peripherals, provides arbitrary serial speeds up to about 150 K baud,
>provides full dial-in/dial-out support for modems, has full hardware
>RTS/CTS and xon/xoff handshanking.

I'd like to see a product "just like yours" *except*
	- comes with a kernel-loadable driver implementing a UNIX
	  character device
	- doesn't require a user-mode daemon task
	- doesn't usurp *any* ptys
	- is available in a NeXTbus (non-SCSI) version for the
	  cube

BTW, if you're priced over, say, $200 per serial port, you're
definitely not competitive with Ethernet terminal servers.

					-=EPS=-