Hello OMs, I hope not to bother you since discussion about this topic there's already been. But searching at http://hes.iki.fi showed up nothing significant more than just mentioning that there are several multiport serial cards supported by Linux available. What I miss are some experiences using these cards, and sometimes even where to purchase them. That is especially true for this mysterious AST Fourport card that appears very often in context to Linux. We asked some of the german distributors of computer hardware, noone knew about that AST Fourport card or something similar. Does that mean this card is only available overseas? Searching this mailinglist's archive we found the following cards mentioned: Digiboard 8x Byterunner Model TC-200 Comtrol Rocketport PCI 8port Boca Research 6-port card MS-400/MU-400 card Modem Research (MR) Boca BB1004 Unfortunately, these data is incomplete. Modem Research, for example, is surely a manufacturer of such cards, and who makes these MS-400/MU-400? But what is even more interesting here are your experiences made with these cards. Where could they be purchased (german distributors preferred)? How much did you pay for them? Was it easy to set them up on Linux or was it a nightmare? Especially, how do they work with AX.25/Packet Radio TNCs? Or can even BayCom style simple serial modems be used? Very interesting questions for me and my colleagues here, can someone be so kind and answer them? Thank you very much in advance! Cheers, 73 Gerd
