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Article #9952Re: Need **LOTS** of COM ports
From: Richard Begg
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 00:55
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 00:55
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In article <1991May16.205258.4191@dosli.govt.nz>, srlncnc@badger.dosli.govt.nz (Chris Crook) writes: |> Is there any way of putting more than 4 COM ports onto a PC for a |> bulletin board application. |> |> Chris It is possible to buy multi com port boards for PCs, these boards have their own processor to rotate the ports etc. However they are pretty pricy, The cheapest one I have seen is an 8 port model which retails for about $800 in Oz. Perhaps these things are more common, and cheaper in the states. Another option perhaps is to pick up a cheap PC and turn it into a terminal server, this would give you another 4 ports, however it would involve a fair amount of comms programming to get it to work. -- Richard Begg (richard@asis.unimelb.edu.au) Programmer ASIS/ITS - University of Melbourne
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!samsung!munnari.oz.au!ariel!ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!richard From: richard@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Richard Begg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Need **LOTS** of COM ports Message-ID: <665@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> Date: 17 May 91 00:55:35 GMT References: <1991May16.205258.4191@dosli.govt.nz> Sender: news@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au Reply-To: richard@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Richard Begg) Organization: University of Melbourne Lines: 18