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- From: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART or ESP ??
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 14:58:18 -0600
- Organization: Marquette Electronics, Inc. - Milwaukee, WI.
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- References: <e0b_9602100600@aisbbs.com> <DMq53E.2L@giskard.demon.co.uk>
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- In comp.dcom.modems article <DMq53E.2L@giskard.demon.co.uk>, dale@giskard.demon.co.uk (Dale Shuttleworth) wrote:
- :Hi,
- :
- :Jim Louvau (jim@aisbbs.com) wrote:
- :
- :[ Material cut becuase its too wide - basically said that the ESP reduces
- : the load on the CPU. ]
- :
- :: 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. :-)
-
- Jim,
-
- Do you have any more info on the ESP II? (source, pricing?) I've checked
- Ingram and others and can't find it. I can only find references to the
- single port version...
-
- Thanks,
-
- ... Joe
-
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