From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 22 08:44:51 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA25021 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:44:51 -0800 Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.20.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA25013 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:44:42 -0800 Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id KAA07545; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:42:36 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199511221642.KAA07545@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: 16 ports Boca - anyone using it? To: ghelmer@alpha.dsu.edu (Guy Helmer) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:42:36 -0600 (CST) Cc: radova@risc6.unisa.ac.za, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Guy Helmer" at Nov 22, 95 08:24:09 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, A. Radovanovic wrote: > > > I got a Boca BB2016 16 ports serial card. I am thinking to put it into the > > 2.0 system, but I am not shure is it going to work? > > Currently, I am using a 6 ports Boca. > > Yes, I have one BB2016 installed and working on a 33MHz 386 running > FreeBSD 2.0.5. It's currently serving 8 lines with a mix of 14.4Kbps and > 28.8Kbps modems. I have another 2016 waiting to be installed in our > other modem server... I've been using one and have had mild problems - but I am currently suspecting the motherboard rather than the BocaBoard (every few weeks FreeBSD stops "seeing" interrupts from the board, fascinating, there's now a probe on the interrupt line so we can determine the hardware reality, but I suspect it will look just fine... and I'm using similar multiport hardware elsewhere, so I doubt it's FreeBSD... and that motherboard is a bit strange). Anyways, even in my case, it works GREAT 98% of the time :-) Other than the $^*@^@#^%$@ 10-pin RJ45-ish connectors which are a real pain (I like to make my own cables). Highly recommended piece of inexpensive hardware. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847