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- From: isc30236@leonis.nus.sg (TAN TOT LIT)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART or ESP ??
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 00:22:50 GMT
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- Message-ID: <4ftucq$fgo@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Dale Shuttleworth (dale@giskard.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : Jim Louvau (jim@aisbbs.com) wrote:
-
- : [ Material cut becuase its too wide - basically said that the ESP reduces
- : the load on the CPU. ]
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- : : Spending $80 - $100 (dual port ESP II) vs. $40 - $60 for a braindead 16550
- : : card, is a very good deal.
-
- : Of course, the chances are you'll see no benefit over a 16550 card
- : (the CPU load dealing with serial comms is trivial), but if you want
- : to spend the extra $50 on something which gives you no noticable
- : benefit thats up to you. :-)
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- It is not trivial if you are running apps in the background.
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- The extra CPU cycles can be put to much better use.
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