"Caruso, Anthony J." wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Dell that I really like -- only has just one serial port. I found
> a nice 2 serial port PCI card from Boca for $35 retail - but it only works
> with 95/98/NT. Boca said Linix [sic] is not supported.
>
> 1. Anyone know if it will work with Linux?
> 2. If !1 - anyone know of another brand that will.
>
> I am not looking for anything fancy. Just need to plug my Palm, UPS, &
> Modem into the serial ports.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Tony
Can't speak for PCI cards, but I had a ISA parallel port card that
didn't
specifically mention Linux as being supported, but I managed to get it
working with minimal hassle. The ideal situation is if the card has
jumpers in it so that you can specify the IO addresses and the IRQ's
that
the extra ports will be using. I don't know if the PCI cards have this
feature, but most ISA cards will (also ISA cards are generally much less
expensive).
Chris
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