Hi Cityboy:
You might try Jameco (www.jameco.com) or JDR Microdevices (don't have that
URL handy). I used to have a Jameco 4 port serial that could configure
each port to any of 8 IRQ's, even the same ones. That was before I started
using a GOOD OS so don't know if it would work in Linux.
Tom
At 01:52 AM 3/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I checked out the web pages for those cards, for a multi port (4) they cost
>a bundle, I dont have that kinda dough, maybe someone else has some
>alternatives, I only need to add one more serial port, and I am out of irqs,
>I want to replace the current serial board I have (a 2 porter) so that it
>only uses
>one irq or no irqs that wont send me to the poor house. :)
>
>Thanks again.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Cityboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 11:35 AM
>Subject: Re: Serial Boards That Share Same Irq
>
>
>>Can't think of any 2-port boards, but there are many 4-port (and more)
>>boards. Cyclades advertises Linux-compatible multiport boards in _Linux
>>Journal_, and the listing for the RocketPort and RocketModem boards in the
>>_Data Comm Warehouse_ catalog claims Linux compatibility. I seem to recall
>>that the DigiBoards are supported, and, years ago, I used BocaBoards (no
>>longer manufactured, as far as I know) and found the Boca-16 satisfactory
>>but the Boca-8 unacceptable (didn't support the DCD line).
>>
>>At 02:17 AM 3/20/99 -0500, Cityboy wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone point me in the direction where I can find a 2 or 4 port
>>>serial baord that will share one irq, and that will work with Linux?
>>>
>>------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
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