"David B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> PR> This may be a dumb question but is there something like an 8-terminal
> PR> MUX available for a typical SurvPC? Or must you just add more serial
> PR> cards?
>
> I'm a little vague on the term "MUX," but there used to be something
> called a Digiboard that allowed 8 RS232C ports on an XT, plugged into an
> ISA slot. Used to be quite common with larger multinode BBSes.
I think the biggest challenge will be ensuring compatability with older
software that only knows of COM1-4, with fixed IO/IRQ options. There's
plenty of hardware to work around these limitations. As David mentioned,
Digiboard for one, and some of the Rocketport devices support densities of
32 modem/ports if I recall correctly. Most seem to be PCI though.
What would work will depend on what you want to do!
- Bob
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