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From: peterson@mips.csc.ti.com (Bob Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: "Smart" serial boards for the 80386
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Date: 13 Jun 88 13:26:33 GMT
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  The April 4, 1988 (V. 10, No. 14) issue of InfoWorld reviewed multiport
boards suitable for IBM AT-class machines.  The boards were tested
using SCO Xenix running on a Compaq 386/20.  Tested boards included
Company/Board		  Ports Phone		Processor  Rating
Arnet Smartport		    8	(800) 366-8844    80186      7.7
AST Fourport/xn		    4	(714) 853-1333    None       6.4
Digiboard Com/8i 	    8	(800) 344-4273    80188      6.2
Stargate Plus 8		    8	(800) STARGAT      8051      6.2
Computone Intelliport AT-8  8	(800) 241-3946    80186     None

  The Computone board has no rating due to problems running the tests
in the Compaq.

  While I'm sure there are other multiport board available, this
review is at least a starting point.  And the test system speed was
running Xenix on a fast machine.
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