386/ix questions: asynch boards; support
Conor P. Cahill
cpcahil at virtech.uucp
Fri Dec 1 04:36:39 AEST 1989
In article <291 at mentat.COM>, jt at mentat.COM (Jerry Toporek) writes:
> in the X5 update. My question now is: Can anyone with a hardware
> configuration like ours recommend a specific high-performance asynch
> board with 16550A chip(s) that works well under 2.0.2? We don't need
> lots of ports, and would prefer a board with RJ-45 connections. We
If you get an intelligent card, you shouldn't need the 16550s.
The Bell Tech ICC (and maybe the ACE, not sure) use RJ45's and claim
to handle the load. I have an ICC and have downloaded data at full
19.2k, but it was not a news feed. I haven't tried the ICC with my
news feed because I havn't had time.
I also have a Maxspeed 8 port card (list 795, but available for around 500
from Tangent Computer Inc.). This card has 6 line RJ-11's, but I just
built short RJ11 to RJ45 conversion cables and use RJ45s for all my office
cabling.
I have been unable to get the Maxspeed card working at 19.2k, but I get
acceptable performance (around 850cps) at 9600 baud. Maxspeed has been
helpfull and claim that they have other customers that do not have a
problem with 19.2. They even gave me the number of one of thier customers,
but I have yet to call the customer because I dont have the time.
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