Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:39:35 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: Eric Hester <erich@basenet.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: comtrol rocketports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960316113727.2067A-100000@sidhe.memra.com> In-Reply-To: <199603161545.JAA24201@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > I have been running a linux for about a year now at my ISP. I have > > tolerated its instability (minor up until recently) But I have just > > recently started playing with FreeBSD, which I am most impressed with. > > Anyway to the point. I have terminal servers running linux with comtrol > > rocketports. If I am to move to FreeBSD I will have to have comtrol drivers > > for it. I know BSDI supports comtrol. > > will there be support for rocketports anytime soon? > Only if somebody writes or ports one.. > For what it's worth, I believe quite strongly that FreeBSD needs support for > these serial port solutions! Hayes ESP 1 and 8 port (in enhanced mode), > Comtrol Rocketport, etc. Not everybody can afford the more expensive > offerings from Stallion and Specialix (look at the cost for just 8 ports).. And what's wrong with building special-purpose terminal servers out of Linux boxes and using FreeBSD for all the other servers? After all, Linux is UNIX too and all a terminal server needs to do is run a bunch of serial ports and maybe a few rlogins to a FreeBSD shell server. Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com
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