chris@ctk1.UUCP (Chris Old) (10/12/90)
engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall) writes: >A short while back there was some talk here about a dumb 4 port >serial board called a MU-440 made by DFI. I've got one. >I think this board is >supposed to be a clone of the AST 4 port/AT plus. Probably is. I complied the FAS drivers for the AST card and they work great. >I've >also seen a 386 Sys V driver for this thing at an ftp site, but I don't >have that info with me now. As I said, the FAS drivers are fine (I've only tried 2.07 mind you). >I don't know if the board has socketed URATS. Yup, the UART's are socketed. It came standard with 16450's and I haven't had the cash to change them to 16550's, but I'm sure that they will work. -------------------- Chris Old (C.t.K.) | ddsw1!olsa99!ctk1!chris Tran Systems Ltd | olsa99!ctk1!chris@ddsw1.mcs.com If you have no reason for your opinion, change it.
bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) (10/15/90)
In article <1990Oct12.104519.2171@ctk1.UUCP> chris@ctk1.UUCP (Chris Old) writes: >engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall) writes: > >>A short while back there was some talk here about a dumb 4 port >>serial board called a MU-440 made by DFI. > [lots of other stuff deleted] If one of these 4-port boards is installed in a 386, can the existing two serial ports (on a generic i/o card) remain installed, giving a total of 6 ports (plus retaining the parallel port on that card)? -- home: ...!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill bill@unixland.uucp bill%unixland.uucp@world.std.com Public Access Unix - Esix SYSVR3 - (508) 655-3848
cws@janus.Quotron.com (Craig W. Shaver) (10/18/90)
In article <1990Oct15.005916.21858@unixland.uucp>, bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes: .... > > If one of these 4-port boards is installed in a 386, can the existing > two serial ports (on a generic i/o card) remain installed, giving a > total of 6 ports (plus retaining the parallel port on that card)? > Yes you can. By setting the interrupt and dip switches properly you can use most of the 8 bit interrupt vectors. You may have all 4 ports on 1 interrupt and there are a couple of options to allow you to use ports on their own interrupt. 6 ports are possible! Craig W. Shaver ================================================================ Quotron Systems Inc. | Phone: (213) 302-4247 5454 Beethoven Street | uucp: hacgate!janus!cws Post Office Box 66914 | craig@tradr2.quotron.com Los Angeles, CA 90066 | ================================================================