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In article <33150@prls.UUCP> gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) writes:
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>    The serial cards I have seen do not buffer the incoming data and this
>  bothers me, I've written ALOT of serial communications code (on a variety
>  of other machines) and have never liked dealing with charector interupt
>  devices.  What I would like to find is a serial card that
>  does buffer the data and lets me know in some more polite manner
>  that data is ready, and interupt me only if the high water mark is
>  reached. If anyone knows of such a card then I would very much appreciate
>  hearing about it since this type of solution would unburden the CPU
>  enough to assure me that the PC will be a suitable platform.  Ideally,
>  I'm looking for an RS422 serial card that supports tri-stating the
>  transmitters but I could live with RS232 becouse I've already designed and 
>  implimented an RS422 converter.
>
Gordon 
You might check out the following:

	Intellicon-2  (2 - RS232C or RS422/485 channels)
	Intellicon-4  (4 - RS232C or RS422-485 channels)
	Intellicon-8  (8 - RS232C channels)

   *	Will run 38.4K on all ports  (Intellicn-8 runs 19.2K on all ports)
   *	Uses Z80B processor & DARTS
   *	Requires block of memory between 640K & 1meg
   *	Memory and port addresses switch-selectable
   *	16-bit card - uses IRQ 2-7,10,11,12,14,15
   *	Comes w/drivers for MANY operating systems

Made by:

	Connect Tech Inc.
	20-340 Woodlawn Road West
	Guelph, Ontario
	Canada, N1H 7K6
	(519) 836-1291
  FAX:	(519) 836-4878

They have a U.S. distributor, if that is a problem.

We've used these boards in a variety of machines with several operating
systems with great success.  

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	I'm only a satisfied customer.

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   Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, New York  14652-4201
                   Phone: (716) 477-1002
                   UUCP: rutgers!rochester!kodak!gardner
		   Net:  gardner@kodak.com

	My new whiz-bang computer is SOOOOOOO fast ----
	  (How fast is it??)	it executes an infinite loop in 50 msec!!!

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