det@nightowl.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) (04/27/91)
I have the opportunity to purchase a used belltech (ne intel) ICC multiport (serial) card (SN 102, Rev 5) for a relatively cheap price ($200). The thing has drivers for Unix system V R3.2, but not for R4.0, which i want to move to in a short period of time. I called intel about the availability of VR4 drivers for the card and they told me (paraphrasing [:-)] "tough bannanas -- it is unsupported and there are no plans to write a new driver for it." So, does anyone know of the existence, public domain or no, of a Vr4 driver for this card and how to get it and how much it costs? Failing that, would the Vr3.2 driver work with Vr4? Failing that (sigh), how difficult would it be to write a serial i/o driver for this card? It seems like it is a good deal; 80186 processor on the card, 6 smart serial ports, RJ-45 jacks on the back, documentation, cables, etc., all for $200.00. But, if the card becomes useless the instant I upgrade to Vr4, there isn't much point in buying the card, is there? Please send replies to det@nightowl.mn.org as news is aggresively expired on this system. Thanks in advance for any information/comments, derek -- det@nightowl.mn.org
elliss@kira.egr.msu.edu (Stew Ellis) (04/29/91)
det@nightowl.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes: >I have the opportunity to purchase a used belltech (ne intel) ICC >multiport (serial) card (SN 102, Rev 5) for a relatively cheap price >($200). The thing has drivers for Unix system V R3.2, but not for R4.0, >which i want to move to in a short period of time. I called intel about >the availability of VR4 drivers for the card and they told me >(paraphrasing [:-)] "tough bannanas -- it is unsupported and there are >no plans to write a new driver for it." So, does anyone know of the >existence, public domain or no, of a Vr4 driver for this card and how to >get it and how much it costs? Failing that, would the Vr3.2 driver work >with Vr4? Failing that (sigh), how difficult would it be to write a >serial i/o driver for this card? >It seems like it is a good deal; 80186 processor on the card, 6 smart >serial ports, RJ-45 jacks on the back, documentation, cables, etc., all >for $200.00. But, if the card becomes useless the instant I upgrade to >Vr4, there isn't much point in buying the card, is there? >Please send replies to det@nightowl.mn.org as news is aggresively expired >on this system. >Thanks in advance for any information/comments, >derek >-- >det@nightowl.mn.org Please mail to me as well. I already have three of the suckers. We might hope for ISC to port the drivers now that they are going to be responsible for end-user sysV4 for [34]86 architecture. I have heard that they include ICC drivers with sysV3.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________ R.Stewart (Stew) Ellis / _______________________________/ Assoc. Prof. of Social Science / / ______ ____________ __ Dept. of Humanities & Social Science / / /___ / / ___ ___ / / / 1700 W. Third Avenue / / / / / / / / / / / / Flint, MI 48504 / /__________/ / / / / / / / / / 313-762-9765 Office /______________/ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ elliss@frith.egr.msu.edu ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE "Apple Macintosh, the closed system for people with supposedly open minds." - plagiarized from someone else on the net "How you gonna do it? OS/2 it!" - stupid IBM ad "Have you ever heard anything so half-OSsed?" - me