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In article <4414@cs.utexas.edu> srinivas@cs.utexas.edu (Srini Sankaran) writes:
>If you have used or heard about any serial port card for Sun 386i, would
>you mind letting me know about it?

First:  under 4.0.1, some number of standard PC serial cards are
supported.  I'm not sure how, as I just got 4.0.1., but if you take a look
at the rc.local file on a 4.0.1 system you'll see a couple of lines at the
end to configure the card; I forget whether the default is in or out and
don't have a 4.0.1 system handy at the moment.  This is at least a hint
for you!

Second:  when I asked a friend at Sun that question a couple of months ago
this was the reply I got:
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SERIAL PORT CARDS

Q.  What is the status of multi-port serial cards?

A.  The Harris Multiport serial card solution is now available for the
Sun386i.  The Harris Contact Person is Bill Burke at (404) 329-8029.

The numbers are:

            8 Ports x 9600 baud  (all 8 ports will support 9600 baud 
                                 simultaneously), plugs into AT bus.

Hardware is all standard AT hardware  (ie, no new chips).  Has been tested
with VT-100s, Wyse terminals and printers simultaneously.

No modems tested yet.

A 16 port version will be available "soon".

There are also three other companies working on AT Boards for additional
serial lines on the Sun386i.  They are Digiboard,            Bell Tech.
and ComTrol. 
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If you get anything working, please post the details back to the list.  PC
compatible single port serial cards are about $50 mail order.

chris