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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > BOCA BB2016 16 port serial card using shared IRQ (Has neen supported
> > for ages)
> 
> Thanks, added.
> 
> 					Jordan
>
Actually, I've been using just such an adapter with 2.0.5-RELEASE and a 
kernel config file that someone helped me generate.  I saw mention of the 
board being used by someone on the mailing list archives on 
www.freebsd.org, and emailed the person for help on doing it myself.  I 
have to admit, though, neither of us have gotten around to testing ports 
beyond the first 8.  Still, the Boca 8-port board (and 4-port for that 
matter) doesn't have carrier detect lines, so the 16-port board is the 
only one they make that works with modems.  I got the thing because I'm 
too cheap to get a RisCom or Cyclades or Digi, but at the time I had need 
of more than 4 ports...