🚀 go-pugleaf

Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> writes:
>Roman =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E4der?= <newsXXF.10.rmaeder@spamgourmet.com> writes:
>
>>does anybody have a recommendation for an inexpensive serial interface card
>>(four RS232 lines) supported under Solaris (8) in an UltraSPARC PCI machine
>>(Ultra 60)? No need for any fancy high-speed options, just for modems, UPS,
>>etc. I found that many manufacturers are not very clear about the OSs they
>>support and their cards are probably intended only in Intel-based machines.
>
>Sun has a couple of these they support natively:
>
>x1155a is Sun's HSI/P which is a card from Performance Technologies. I've
>never used this one so I'm not sure how good the driver support is in
>current Solaris releases (9 and 10 mainly).
>
>x1156a and x2156a (Sun calls it the 'SAI/P') are two different version of a
>Digi 8-port serial i/o card with native Solaris driver support.
>

The HSI card has four ports, but the driver only supports synchronous
mode, not asynchronous mode, which most dialup modems and UPS want.

The SAI card has eight ports, and supports asynchronous mode (and also
synchronous mode, I think).

  -Greg
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