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- From: hharadon@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Howard Haradon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART or ESP ??
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 17:03:32 -0600
- Organization: The University of Texas at San Antonio
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- References: <e0b_9602100600@aisbbs.com> <DMq53E.2L@giskard.demon.co.uk> <4g2r5a$5q9@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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- In article <4g2r5a$5q9@brasil.moneng.mei.com> jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) writes:
- >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 Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net
- >Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/546-7968
-
- Take a look at the Hayes web site (www.hayes.com , I think). They
- had their ESP card on sale for about $50.
-
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- Best regards, Howard Haradon 4434 Black Hickory Woods
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