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In article <3318299f.1603146@news.infinet.com>, baustin@infinet.com wrote:
>sstickle@infinet.com (Scott Stickle) wrote:
>
>>I am looking for a PCI bus card to replace on in my computer.  I have checked 
>>all the suppliers I know of on line and can't find what I am looking for.  I 
>>need a PCI interface for EIDE (2 required but 4 would be better).  2 15550 
>>uart serial ports, floppy drive interface, and bi-directional parallel port(1 
>>required 2 better).  I know they are being made as I see manufactured 
>>computers with them.  Mine has one but is very outdated and I am having 
>>trouble with it.
>
>Forget getting Parallel or floppy on a PCI.  Last time I saw it happen
>was a kluge (a ribbon cable to a 16-bit slot)

This is strange as I have one in the computer now that doesn't work that way.  
All on one pci board but the ser ports are not 16550 uarts and ide not eide.

>
>Don't settle for a single EIDE connector, you never know when you'll
>buy that 20X (30, 40, etc) EIDE CD-Rom, or cheap tape drive that wants
>an IDE port)

I found one with 2 eide ports 

>Don't spend TOO much for this type of product.
>Anything over $50 is too much.


$42.00

Data Technologies Corp.
DTC2230E

PCI 2.0 compliant
Dual channel EIDE
        Susutained data transfer to 8.5 mbytes/sec
32 bit multi-sector transfers
Intelligent write buffers
(2) 16550 high speed serial ports
(1) enhanced parallel port EPP/ECP
Support for 2 floppy drives

I don't know why this card is hard to find.  I have seen several computers 
with this configuration in them when the ports arn't built into the 
motherboard.  I have no other choice as all 4 isa slots are used up.  All 
kinds of people have told me this configuration will not work due to dmas and 
interupts but I have one in here now that works.  Any one have any ideas?



>An ISA or VL AT I/O board might run you $30ish
>
>If you already have a pentium chip (almost anything but a 60/66) you
>can replace the entire motherboard for $99
> (check out the cheap boards at http://www.microx.com)
>
>
>
>William T. Austin
>Ground Zero Group Consulting
>baustin@infinet.com
>http://www.infinet.com/~baustin