I use Cyclades 8, 16, 32 and 64 port 'cards' in ambulance systems with "TNCs" attached to them (no not amateur ones) running 1200 and 2400 bps FFSK and 4800 bps GMSK. I have never had a problem with them, they are a reasonable price, wel l supported under linux, Cyclades are very co-operative and I can thoroughly recommend them. Period. Dirk G1TLH On 09-Jun-99 Gerd wrote: > 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 --- Dirk-Jan Koopman, Tobit Computer Co Ltd At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
