From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 28 15:44:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA11236 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:44:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from schizo.cdsnet.net (schizo.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA11231 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:44:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrcpu@localhost) by schizo.cdsnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA10194; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:43:59 -0800 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:43:58 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen To: Joe Greco cc: Andreas Klemm , dennis@etinc.com, hm@altona.hamburg.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards In-Reply-To: <199601282241.QAA02142@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > Portmasters are junk. If you're going to get a specialized terminal > server, buy an Annex. Or better yet,.... I would be interested in hearing the rationale behind the claim that portmasters are junk. We kind of went the other way, and bailed on multiport serial cards, with the assorted hassles and such, and went to the portmaster, and they've been a dream. If I could solve my RAID box/FreeBSD 2.1.0 problem, I'd be completely FreeBSD as well. The argument about spare parts is specious at best, Anybody in this business in any serious way has spare parts out the wazoo...