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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: Netblazer
- Message-ID: <C0o76E.5K3@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:32:38 GMT
- References: <C0JFMF.4nu@ddsw1.mcs.com> <C0JL0L.HEx@news.rn.com> <1993Jan10.142249.5913jp@tygra.Michigan.COM>
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- In article <1993Jan10.142249.5913jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> jp@tygra.Michigan.COM (John Palmer) writes:
- >In article <C0JL0L.HEx@news.rn.com> larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >"karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- >"
- >">>>Can the NB support 2 56700 baud modems going full blast on the
- >">>>stock 2 serial ports on the motherboard?
- >">>
- >">>try pulling the case off and seeing of the UARTs are 16550's.
- >">>
- >">>i would suspect so.
- >"
- >">They certainly are. (I have examined lots of these)
- >"
- >"So one can assume they support the FIFO to get those speeds.
- >
- >The best bet in using the Netblazer for dialup IP is to ignore the first
- >two ports as they are built into the board and are standard AT serial
- >ports. The 8-port cards are Digiboard PC/8e's. You can take one out of
- >the box and plug it into your Netblazer and it will work fine. There are
- >instructions in the Netblazer manual on how to set the dip switches.
-
- JP is back!
-
- Heh John, that's damn funny you know..... I have this NetBlazer Classic
- sitting right here in front of me with the cover off it.....
-
- It has ------- a SERIAL BOARD in it with two 16550s in it!
-
- BE CAREFUL with those Digiboards. The PC/8e is available in more than one
- version. The ones used in the Netblazer run a different clock rate (12.5Mhz
- vs 8Mhz normally) and have some other upgraded components. Attempting to
- use a standard Digiboard >might< work, but it might also not, especially at
- higher baud rates (57600 bps comes to mind).
-
- (I've used more than 200 of the "classic" models, and a few of the STs. The
- ST is a nice box, but doesn't have enough slots ;-)
-
- --
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