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- From: rcl90@
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART Chip card, which one?
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 19:04:34 GMT
- Organization: IBM Austin
- Message-ID: <4ej5o2$2fju@ausnews.austin.ibm.com>
- References: <4ehu5n$n6k@inv.comimsa.com.mx> <4eirqb$4k5@zippy.cais.net>
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- In <4eirqb$4k5@zippy.cais.net>, jk93@mail.erols.com (jk93@mail.erols.com) writes:
- >In article <4ehu5n$n6k@inv.comimsa.com.mx>, scolunga@technet.net.mx wrote:
- >>Do you have any recommendation about an ISA card with UART Chip?
- >>
- >>Thanks by e-mail too.
- >>
- >>S. Colunga
- >>scolunga@technet.net.mx
- >>
- >
- >I'm interested in this too (a 16550 serial port card). I went to all the
- >stores in my area (CompUSA; Egghead; BestBuy) but they were more expensive
- >than they should be (like $50 was the cheapest). I looked through the whole
- >Jan. issue of Computer Shopper. Found about 3 possible cards in some very
- >obscure ads. Not sure what I should get. I thought you could get one for
- >under $40 but didn't find one. Anyone know of a company (and phone number)
- >that definitely has a specific, good one?
-
- I know this is not the detail answer you are looking for, but I'm only posting this
- as I payed too much for mine... $55 for a dual 16550 adapter. Since I purchase
- this card about 5 months ago, I have purchased and installed no less that 6
- multi-function I/O VESA bus adapters (2x Enhanced IDE ports, floppy, 2x 16550
- compatible serial ports, parallel and game port) for less than $35 each from
- computer "system" dealers (independent dealers who buy computer parts from
- whoever has the best going price at the time and sale systems/parts to resellers
- or over the counter) and all have worked flawlessly. I would cetainly think
- that you could get just a serial adapter for much less... unless the price is high
- since there aren't nearly as many manufactured as the multifunction cards (you
- could buy a multifunction card and just disable everything but the serial ports...
- .seems wasteful, but might be the most economical).
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