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From: mp@mtunf.ATT.COM (Mahendra Pratap)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Multiple I/O Ports Card
Message-ID: <748@mtunf.ATT.COM>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 14:44:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: mtunf.748
Posted: Tue Oct 20 14:44:02 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 22-Oct-87 02:43:00 EDT
Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA
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Keywords: Smart I/O Controller, XT/AT Bus, UNIX/XENIX

I am looking for a multi-port card to be used in a multi-user
configuration with UNIX/XENIX operating system and a 386 machine.
In particular, the following high level features are desirable in this
card:
1. XT/AT Bus
2. Intelligence on board (off load the main cpu)
3. 4 or 8 RS-232 ports with 9600 baud or faster data transfer rate
4. UNIX/XENIX driver
5. flexible memory and I/O port addressing
6. flexible interrupt selection
7. Down-loadable software capability

Does any one know what other features are
important in such a card and what should I expect to
pay for this?
If any one has information/experience on a
commercial product that may meet the above features, please send
e-mail to me directly at ihnp4!mtunf!mp or post to the net news.