john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) (11/17/89)
Hi, I'm looking into getting the ASGD Multiple serial port card for my 2500. My questions is whether or not it will work with Unix SYS V r4 when it finally comes out for the amiga. Any one have a clue? I would like to think it's possible, but I'm not sure how UNIX will take over the machine. Will it totally ignore all the regular devices and go directly to the hardware? Or will it continue to use devs: ? I'm assuming the former, if only for speed and to cut down on headaches for the UNIX guys :] This also brings up the question of the Flicker Fixer Compatibility and other add on boards. Will it just mean writing new device drivers for UNIX to use these beasties? Thanks for the info! Reply to me and I'll summarize. Or don't. Your choice... John -- John Stoffel | john@wpi.bitnet | Club a Baby Seal for JESUS! WPI, Box 2432 | john@wpi.wpi.edu | Worcester, MA 01609 | husc6!m2c!wpi!john | Yank, rip, snip, sew. A Vasectomy in four easy steps!
pselver@ssi3b1.zone1.com (Peter Selverstone) (11/21/89)
In article <5685@wpi.wpi.edu> john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) writes: > >[question about serial port board compatibility with unix] > > This also brings up the question of the Flicker Fixer >Compatibility and other add on boards. Will it just mean writing new >device drivers for UNIX to use these beasties? > In the case of flicker fixer, there's no problem. The CPU doesn't know it's there so it works fine with unix, Amax or whatever. -- Peter Selverstone ...{mit-eddie,pyramid,datacube}!mirror!ssi3b1!pselver Spy Pond Systems pselver@ssi3b1.zone1.com Arlington, MA BIX:pselverstone PLINK:pselverst CIS:72527,2652
daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (11/21/89)
in article <5685@wpi.wpi.edu>, john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) says: > I'm looking into getting the ASGD Multiple serial port card > for my 2500. My questions is whether or not it will work with Unix > SYS V r4 when it finally comes out for the amiga. Any one have a > clue? With the proper UNIX device driver, any Amiga hardware device should work just fine under AMIX. The hardware, of course, isn't changing. While I don't know any specific plans on their part, I do know that some of the folks at ASDG used to write UNIX device drivers before they got into all this Amiga stuff. > John Stoffel | john@wpi.bitnet -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy Too much of everything is just enough
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (11/23/89)
In Message <8667@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: |in article <5685@wpi.wpi.edu>, john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) says: | |> I'm looking into getting the ASGD Multiple serial port card |> for my 2500. My questions is whether or not it will work with Unix |> SYS V r4 when it finally comes out for the amiga. Any one have a |> clue? | |With the proper UNIX device driver, any Amiga hardware device should work |just fine under AMIX. The hardware, of course, isn't changing. While I |don't know any specific plans on their part, I do know that some of the |folks at ASDG used to write UNIX device drivers before they got into all |this Amiga stuff. I spoke with Perry about this a few weeks back. He said that currently ASDG has no Amix driver (or 2500UX), but they do want to write one. He felt the hardware would work but had no real idea when a driver would be available. Sneakers -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// You've tried the rest, now try 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// the BEST! 80 Megs of 100% AMIGA West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 24 hrs @ 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) (11/28/89)
> In Message <8667@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: > |in article <5685@wpi.wpi.edu>, john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) says: > I spoke with Perry about this a few weeks back. He said that currently > ASDG has no Amix driver (or 2500UX), but they do want to write one. He > felt the hardware would work but had no real idea when a driver would > be available. > > Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Thanks to Dan and Dave and all the others who answered my question. In summary... Flicker Fixer will work no prob. Kinda expected it but... The ASDG Multiple Serial Port board will work fine if someone writes the unix device drivers needed. No idea when this will happen, although ASDG is said to want to write one. Hurrah! Now all we need is AMIX at a good price... read cheap! Thanks again!! -- John Stoffel | john@wpi.bitnet | Club a Baby Seal for JESUS! WPI, Box 2432 | john@wpi.wpi.edu | Worcester, MA 01609 | husc6!m2c!wpi!john | Yank, rip, snip, sew. A Vasectomy in four easy steps!
kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) (11/29/89)
re: the ASGD Multiple serial port card In article <10004.AA10004@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes: > > I spoke with Perry about this a few weeks back. He said that currently > ASDG has no Amix driver (or 2500UX), but they do want to write one. He > felt the hardware would work but had no real idea when a driver would > be available. I sure wish you guys would leave ASDG alone long enough for them to write a useable library for their GPIB card. :^) Perry said he was going to try & do some work on it this fall and I'm afraid he's gonna want to work on these more lucrative/interesting projects instead of getting my GPIB library up to speed. So buzz off for now! I'll tell you when he's finished and then you can start him up again. I've been limping along for 4 months now on some cludges I put together to talk to GPIB instrumentation. I can't figure out how to service interrupts correctly inside a library, much less handle timeouts, so I'm still polling the byte in/out registers. Really takes over the machine when you are talking to a slow GPIB device. Any hints on interrupts/timers inside a library would be appreciated. ==================================================================== Kent Polk - Southwest Research Institute - kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu Motto : "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" ====================================================================
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (12/02/89)
In Message <24281@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>, kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes: >In article <10004.AA10004@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes: >> >> I spoke with Perry about this a few weeks back. He said that currently >> ASDG has no Amix driver (or 2500UX), but they do want to write one. He >> felt the hardware would work but had no real idea when a driver would >> be available. > >I sure wish you guys would leave ASDG alone long enough for them to >write a useable library for their GPIB card. :^) I called Perry on his lunch break as to not interrupt any work on a library for the GPIB card or ASDG ;-) Sneakers -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// You've tried the rest, now try 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// the BEST! 80 Megs of 100% AMIGA West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 24 hrs @ 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) (12/03/89)
In article <10108.AA10108@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes: >In Message <24281@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>, kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes: >>I sure wish you guys would leave ASDG alone long enough for them to >>write a useable library for their GPIB card. :^) > > I called Perry on his lunch break as to not interrupt any work on a library > for the GPIB card or ASDG ;-) > > Sneakers Ha, Thanks Much. I also called Perry Fri., but hopefully not on his lunch hour. I had sent my changes to the library via EMail back to ASDG last September, but I guess they didn't get through, so I sent them again. Anyway, looks like you guys can start bothering Perry again. Things have changed and I'm gonna try making it interrupt driven again. Maybe I'll be smarter this time. Kent Polk - Southwest Research Institute - kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu