Xref: utzoo comp.unix.sysv386:7507 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:8188 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!kira.egr.msu.edu!elliss From: elliss@kira.egr.msu.edu (Stew Ellis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: belltech (ne intel) ICC multiport card sysVr4 drivers? Keywords: serial i/o, drivers, unix Message-ID: <1991Apr29.140002.4873@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 29 Apr 91 14:00:02 GMT References: <1991Apr26.210557.18033@nightowl.MN.ORG> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 49 det@nightowl.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes: >I have the opportunity to purchase a used belltech (ne intel) ICC >multiport (serial) card (SN 102, Rev 5) for a relatively cheap price >($200). The thing has drivers for Unix system V R3.2, but not for R4.0, >which i want to move to in a short period of time. I called intel about >the availability of VR4 drivers for the card and they told me >(paraphrasing [:-)] "tough bannanas -- it is unsupported and there are >no plans to write a new driver for it." So, does anyone know of the >existence, public domain or no, of a Vr4 driver for this card and how to >get it and how much it costs? Failing that, would the Vr3.2 driver work >with Vr4? Failing that (sigh), how difficult would it be to write a >serial i/o driver for this card? >It seems like it is a good deal; 80186 processor on the card, 6 smart >serial ports, RJ-45 jacks on the back, documentation, cables, etc., all >for $200.00. But, if the card becomes useless the instant I upgrade to >Vr4, there isn't much point in buying the card, is there? >Please send replies to det@nightowl.mn.org as news is aggresively expired >on this system. >Thanks in advance for any information/comments, >derek >-- >det@nightowl.mn.org Please mail to me as well. I already have three of the suckers. We might hope for ISC to port the drivers now that they are going to be responsible for end-user sysV4 for [34]86 architecture. I have heard that they include ICC drivers with sysV3.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________ R.Stewart (Stew) Ellis / _______________________________/ Assoc. Prof. of Social Science / / ______ ____________ __ Dept. of Humanities & Social Science / / /___ / / ___ ___ / / / 1700 W. Third Avenue / / / / / / / / / / / / Flint, MI 48504 / /__________/ / / / / / / / / / 313-762-9765 Office /______________/ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ elliss@frith.egr.msu.edu ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE "Apple Macintosh, the closed system for people with supposedly open minds." - plagiarized from someone else on the net "How you gonna do it? OS/2 it!" - stupid IBM ad "Have you ever heard anything so half-OSsed?" - me