System/6000 questions.

[Pete "Officially in Limbo" Gregory]

In article <1813 at ks.UUCP> drake at ibmarc.uucp (Sam Drake) writes:
>I can't answer all your questions, but here's a start.
>In article <40900001 at sunb6> voss at sunb6.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>>3)  How fast can you push the 320's serial ports?  (I'ld love 56 kbps [ISDN])
>>    (One at a time, or both?)
>
>I couldn't find a number for the built-in serial ports.  The various
>expansion cards that support serial ports (there are 8, 16, and 64 port
>cards available) support up to 38.4Kbps.

Does anyone in IBM-land have data on AGGREGATE throughput rates on serial
ports???  Nearly any modern UNIX box can drive ONE 38.4kbps port at 
saturation, but can the RS/6000 drive *64* 38.4kpbs ports at saturation?

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