bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre) (08/16/89)
In article <34103@mlswindow.uucp>, wu@mlswindow.uucp (Rocky Wu) writes: > I need some information on mux board which could support 4-8 > serial ports. I'll probably just hook up some terminals and > run vi and cc on it. My most concerns are performance and price. > Does anyone out there have any suggestions? I got 386-25 AT clone. > Does it matter what kind of mother board I have?? > Any information and pointers are appreciated!!! > Rocky Some of the better faster boards do run into trouble with some of the "smart" multi-port controllers. Generally it has something to do with the "cacheing" of memory. Make sure and ask the board maker if there is any special promm or switch settings to make with smart controller boards... I can suggest both Arnet Smartport and Computone boards... I have used both of them. There are several others, and I know that I have seen the Compaq 386 using Anvil, Digi-board, Comtrol, Monolithic. Here are some contacts. Manufacturer Model Ports Price Phone ------------------ ------------ ------ ------- --------- Monolithic Systems Connect I/O 4,8,16 800-525-7661 Comtrol Corporation Hostess 4,8,16 800-333-1033 Connect Tech, Inc. Intellicon 519-836-1291 Breagen Group, Inc. Stallion 8,16 416-366-6363 Equinox Systems, Inc. Megaport 24 800-328-2729 DigiBoard Inc. DigiCHANNEL 4,8,16 800-645-7779 MaxSpeed MaxSpeed 8 $795 415-345-5447 Anvil Designs Anvil 4,8,16 408-988-3622 Computone (several) 4,8,16,32 800-345-2547 Arnet (several) 4,8,16 800-366-8844 Both ARNET and COMPUTONE have VERY LONG WARRENTIES Another possibility is the UnTerminal from Advance Micro Research and the SunRiver LightStation, which emulate smart and/or direct PC emulation so that you can easily run multiple VPIX/MERGE sessions with full graphics support. bruce -- ========================================================================= Bruce A. McIntyre, McIntyre Designs, Inc. VOICE(215)322-1895 143 Bridgetown Pike, Langhorne, Pa. 19047 DATA (215)357-2915 {wells|lgnp1}!mdi386!bruce bruce@wells tbit+