herbw@wiskit.rain.com (Herb Weiner) (05/23/91)
I need a serial port that will support both dial in and dial out UUCP and interactive use. This means that the port must support full hardware handshaking (UUCP can't use software handshaking), and it must detect loss of carrier detect, so that users are logged out if the line drops. I'd be quite happy with serial drivers (for the Mac II fx running A/UX 2.0.1) that use HSKi and HSKo for RTS and CTS, and GPi for Carrier Detect. Unfortunately, Apple has apparently decided not to support GPi, since it's not available on all models. (Because of this, my fancy fx serial ports will have to rot, and I'll have to install a third party card?) Anyway, unless someone has a software driver that will support both RTS/CTS and DCD, I'll need to get a serial card. I'd prefer a card with on board processor and/or DMA, so that I don't increase the overhead on my system, compared with the fx serial ports. I need a vendor that will support the product, so I don't get stranded with an unusable card (due to lack of drivers) the next time an A/UX software upgrade comes along. Alexis' January MacUser article recommended the Taniwha Systems CommCard. Unfortunately, Paul Campbell of Taniwha Systems reports that: > Unfortunatly, we recently stopped selling the CommCard (production > costs suddenly skyrocketed and we decided to quit while we were ahead) > so I really can't help you Any recommendations or other advice would be much appreciated. Herb Weiner