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From: dlr@daver.bungi.com (Dave Rand)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: More than 32 serial ports on one board
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.190623.21989@daver.bungi.com>
Date: 21 Jun 91 19:06:23 GMT
References: <28561A25.44D1@telly.on.ca> <1991Jun13.144732.18366@ecf.toronto.edu> <1991Jun19.230325.5869@lemuria.MV.COM>
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In article <1991Jun19.230325.5869@lemuria.MV.COM> darryl@lemuria.UUCP (Darryl P. Wagoner) writes:
>Be careful of Consensys.  I couldn't get the powerport 8 to work on
>ISC 2.2.  I didn't think much of there tech support either, all they 
>could do was bad mouth our hardware and OS.

For what it is worth, I'm running a powerport 8 on ISC 2.2 (on a compaq
systempro). It is great! With 5 19.2K (4 telebits and a direct link) running,
I see a system load of a few percent (<5), and a user load of 10-20%. Heaps
of idle time. Amazingly easy install, trivial to configure, and works well
without having to reboot every other day. It is also the cheapest multiport
board (>4 ports). I have nothing but good things to say about the company -
delivery was on time, worked right out of the box (no jumpers to change,
nothing to fiddle with to make it work). The documentation is sparse but
adequate. I have not had time to check the powerprint feature, but it
sounds like they did that exactly right too. 

All in all, a well done product in my opinion. I have no connection to the
company other than being a very satisfied customer.
-- 
Dave Rand
{pyramid|mips|bct|vsi1}!daver!dlr	Internet: dlr@daver.bungi.com