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From: zik@dec19.cs.monash.edu.au (Michael Saleeba)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A2232 multi-serial board and UNIX
Message-ID: <zik.672986142@dec19>
Date: 30 Apr 91 04:35:42 GMT
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I'm setting up a public-access UNIX system and am considering buying an
Amiga 3000 to use as the grunt. I want to connect around sixteen modems
to this machine, but I don't want to cripple it with interrupt activity.
My question is just how much work do the on-board processors on the
A2232 do? If I have sixteen users running over modem and others on the
ethernet, how much of my machine's time will be spent handling I/O,
rather than on more compute-intensive tasks like the MUD I'll also have
going. Also, is the reported hardware-break problem on the A2232 a
hardware or software problem? Any ideas?

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