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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:57:01 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
To:        lists@argus.flash.net (mailing list account)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Multi-Port Async Cards
Message-ID:  <199601311657.KAA07089@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601310055.SAA01710@argus.flash.net> from "mailing list account" at Jan 30, 96 06:55:23 pm

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> not exactly, what is the overhead involved in polling activity on the boca 
> cards compared with a livingston...  livingston wins on performance.

I'm still waiting for somebody to cough up numbers to support this position.
I can safely say that I have NOT seen performance problems with my FreeBSD
terminal servers, and as far as I am concerned, that is what counts in the
end.

> there are other advantages to using a dedicated terminal server such as 
> Livingston offers, but i leave that as an excercise for the reader :^)

And disadvantages, as well.  See my past rants ..  ;-)

... Joe

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