Path: utzoo!mnetor!intacc!mann
From: mann@intacc.uucp (Jeff Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Need replacement Commcard installation
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.221622.16148@intacc.uucp>
Date: 10 Jun 91 22:16:22 GMT
References: <0D010010.ay6s2g@brain.UUCP>
Organization: Inter/Access Artists' Centre Toronto
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In article <0D010010.ay6s2g@brain.UUCP> chuck@brain.UUCP writes:
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>In a similar vein, does Taniwha still make this card? Does anyone market a
>A/UX compatible serial card? I've been searching for some time for a NuBus
>serial card compatible with A/UX, and judging by the response, no such thing 
>exists.

There are several NuBus serial cards with A/UX support. I bought a DigiBoard
Nu8i card. The driver shipped with it was a little buggy, but their tech
support seems quite good, and I'm waiting on a new driver now (they e-mailed
it to me the other day).

The Nu8i eight-port card, or the Nu4i four-port card will also solve some
problems with A/UX. First, it supports both modem control and flow control,
unlike the built-in ports, so that you can use a Telebit with auto-baud
rate conversion. Secondly, it provides Berkeley-like "cu" devices (/dev/cu*)
which can be used by uucp etc. to call out without having to do a
stty -n /dev/tty* -modem first.

One thing to watch out for - if you need synchronous ports (two of the ports
can be configured for this) then get the Nu8i+ which has a DMA controller.
None of the promotional material I got mentioned this.

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