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Date:      Thu, 12 Jan 1995 06:58:52 -0800 (PST)
From:      bmk@dtr.com
To:        WELCHDW@wofford.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: source for multiport boards
Message-ID:  <199501121458.GAA01081@dtr.com>
In-Reply-To: <950113072831.214011a0@wofford.edu> from "WELCHDW@wofford.edu" at Jan 13, 95 07:28:31 am

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> Can you suggest a mail order business that offers AST or BOCA
> multiport boards at very good prices? (These are the brands that
> FreeBSD 2.0 suggests as particularly compatible.)


I bought a BOCA 6 port serial board that has 16550-compatible UARTs for
about $80US from Computer Express.  They are on the web at
"http://www.cexpress.com:2700/".

Here's a source for the AST's.

Forwarded message:
From: lanequip@interlink.net (LANEQUIP)
Newsgroups: tor.forsale
Subject: AST 4 Port Serial Interface $37.00
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 01:53:22
Organization: MixNet Organization
Lines: 23
Message-ID: <lanequip.26.0001E3C8@interlink.net>

 AST 4 Port Serial Interfaces $37.00

 Board is populated with 4x 16450 UARTs
 Interface is ISA 8 Bit
 Includes Hydra cable to 4x DB25 Male 
 Comes with Xenix Drivers and can provide DOS drivers if required
 Supports Linux
 Shipping included C.O.D. anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.
 130 Available


Specs as follows:
The cards are configurable as 
		CH1		CH2		CH3		CH4
CONFIG /1 	2A0-2A7		2A8-2AF		2B0-2B7		2B8-2BE
CONFIG /2 	1A0-1A7		1A8-1AF		1B0-1B7		1B8-1BE
CONFIG /3 	3F8-3FF		2F8-2FF		2B0-2B7		2B8-2BE
CONFIG /4 	3F8-3FF		2F8-2FF		1B0-1B7		1B8-1BE

IRQ CAN BE CONFIGED TO SHARE 2,3,4,5,6,OR 7. EXCEPT IN CONFIG 2 AND 3
WHERE CH1 AND CH2 ARE USING IRQs 4 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY.



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