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From: jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger)
Subject: Re: 19.2K on a 3b1
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.184923.15119@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Followup-To: comp.sys.3b1
Keywords: intelligent card
Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
References: <1991Mar27.033750.29895@ceilidh.beartrack.com> <1991Mar29.110050.20635@blilly.UUCP> <1991Mar31.211207.5490@ceilidh.beartrack.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 18:49:23 GMT

In article <1991Mar31.211207.5490@ceilidh.beartrack.com> dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) writes:
>(I'd love for an
>intelligent serial card with its own dma to be produced for the system (with
>appropriate drivers).

Don, someone already beat you to the suggestion.  Nobody thought it
was "glamorous" enough to pursue it.

Has anyone looked back at the old BOF notes?  There was a plan for an
intelligent card, built around a standard UART.  And now, with the
availability of 386 drivers, (wasn't there even a SLIP driver just
posted?), this would be an interesting project to chase.  If someone
would be interested in making the card, I'd lend a hand in doing the
driver development.

j
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