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- From: tempest@netins.net
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Multiface IV?
- Date: 9 Mar 1996 06:51:28 GMT
- Organization: INS Information Services, Des Moines, IA USA
- Message-ID: <0099F0DB.4E5A2AC1@netins.net>
- References: <4hggca$a44@texas.nwlink.com> <0099F023.0FBC531A@netins.net> <4hqemi$4ph@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca>
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- In article <4hqemi$4ph@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca>, hugh@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca (Hugh D. Gamble) writes:
- >tempest@netins.net wrote:
- >
- >Oh, you again. :-)
- >
- >: Forget about it.. get a GVP I/o Externder (MUCH BETTER! CARD).. the Multiface
- >
- >Apart from the fact that the hardware doesn't support handshaking
- >which guarrantees that you will lose bytes, no matter how fast your
- >CPU or how careful you are not to use your machine while something is
- >coming in on a GVP serial port. And the fact that the driver is buggy
- >and not compatible with the C= serial.device.
- >
-
- Lose bytes? I have 5 GVP I/O Cards running 10 nodes on my system at 33.6
- doing hydra bi-directional transfers.. I am not having one single problem,
- and no errors so what exactly are you talking about? Something you read? or
- heard about no doubt...Not based on actual knowledge.
-
- Bugs? What bugs..
-
- Multiface III Card is PURE CRAP, PERIOD! GVP I/O is 1000% nicer with no
- problems at all..
-
- >: iii had bugs that crashed the machine on bootup half the time and it eats cpu
- >: like no other card..
- >
- >The III is a cheap design, quite different from the II and IV. They do
- >require more CPU for optimal performance than an intelligent card like
- >the C= A2232.
- >
-
- Yeah the 2232 card handles cpu well but sucks, the worst card for the Amiga.
- Has bugs in the device, only handles 19.2 dte.. Worthless card.
-
- More? They require a SHIT LOAD of CPU, more than 3 GVP I/o Cards would
- take.
-
- >: Also a DKB 4/8 port card that is comming out will even be better..
- >
- >I would expect so. Especially on the PPC Amiga you will be able to put
- >it in by the time it ever comes out. :-)
- >
-
- Like you have a clue about when it is going to come out or anything else for
- that matter..
-
- The GVP I/O Card is in fact the best choice for a serial card at the moment.
- When the DKB Card comes out, it will be the best..
-
- >--
- ># Hugh D. Gamble, NTT Systems Inc. (at DCIEM (416) 635-2156) Std. Disclaimers #
- ># hugh@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca, hugh@kink.PhaedraV.On.Ca #
- ># "automata da vida, honey" - CA Butterfly #
-