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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:58:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Subject:   RE: multi-port serial?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.011026095853.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011026095136.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On 26-Oct-01 John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 26-Oct-01 Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>> 
>> Has anybody used any multi-port serial board on FreeBSD/alpha?
>> Which one?
>> 
>> My collection of machines in my home office continues to grow, and
>> dragging 2 serial console cables between an ever growing number of
>> machines is starting to really suck.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Drew
> 
> Hmm, the rp(4) driver claims to be MI.  It's bus_space'd at least.  You can
> get
> the cards on EBay for not too much, just don't outbid me, please. :)   Search
> for 'Rocketport'.  (They retail for like $400 I think.)

Oops, disclaimer, I have not, in fact, used one of these cards on an Alpha,
however David likes them a lot and they are somewhat cheap on EBay.  YMMV. 

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