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Article #849Re: more than 4 com-ports
From: Alex Martelli
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 17:10
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 17:10
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david.wess@execnet.com (david wess) writes: ... :You can definitely have more than 4 ports, but you will need special :hardware to do it. A couple of companies make special boards which :enable eight com ports. These are expensive - in the area of $ 500 or :more. I've seen an ad by a company called "BOCA Research" who's selling an 8-port board for $295; according to their ad, their competitors are indeed more costly. I don't know how well their board actually works or anything else about it or them (indeed, I wouldn't mind *learning* something!)... -- Email: martelli@cadlab.sublink.org Phone: ++39 (51) 6130360 CAD.LAB s.p.a., v. Ronzani 7/29, Casalecchio, Italia Fax: ++39 (51) 6130294
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!modus!gear!cadlab!martelli From: martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: more than 4 com-ports Message-ID: <1992Nov09.171045.2193@cadlab.sublink.org> Date: 9 Nov 92 17:10:45 GMT References: <1992Nov3.872.1372@execnet> Distribution: comp Organization: CAD.LAB S.p.A., Bologna, Italia Lines: 15