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Subject: re: serial boards for AT
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Date: Thu, 22-May-86 22:22:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 22 22:22:00 1986
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There are a number of boards available for AT's running Xenix.

AST 4Port/XN about $495

Quadram 5port is about the same

American Micronics has the LAMB board in 4 and 8 port models.  I think they
sell for $495 and $695 respectively.

Digicomm has a 4 and 8 port board about the same price.

Arnet Controls 4 or 8 port version

Control Systems Hostess 4 and 8 port versions

I've seen the Control Systems Hostess, Digicomm, American Micronics, and
AST boards.  I've heard that there have been problems with the AST, but
I can't substantiate that.  

The above boards, except for the Quadram, are all supported by Santa Cruz
Xenix Sys V.  

Another idea is the Computone ATvantage-X smart serial in 4 or 8 ports
It lists for $999 and $1199.  The advantage is that it is controlled 
individually port by port and takes a lot of the effort from your central
cpu.  I haven't used this one either.

I'm not associated with any of these places, I was just interested and found
out what was available.  You can find some good educational discounts on
most of these boards if you are from a school, so shop around.

Bob Cole      access@iubacs  (bitnet)    access@iuvax  (uucp)