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- From: lra@caribou.Eng.Sun.COM (Larry Ader)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.servers,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.wanted,comp.periphs.scsi
- Subject: I need more serial ports!! (Sun ELC)
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 10:43:41 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mt. View, Ca.
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- Message-ID: <lmcpqtINNrm8@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Reply-To: lra@caribou.Eng.Sun.COM (Larry Ader)
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- I have a Sun ELC at home and am in desperate need of more serial ports.
- For those of you who are unaware, the ELC has two (actually 1.5 8-)) serial
- ports on the back of it, and NO S-Bus slots. I have several devices hooked
- up to these ports now. I have one dedicated port for my modem, and I am
- multiplexing three other devices on the other port (printer, X10 serial
- interface, and PC downlink line) using a (manual) switchbox.
-
- To me, this solution is not elegant (or convenient). What I'm wondering,
- is what others of you have done when you ran out of serial ports. I have
- heard of terminal servers and am wondering how well these work. Do you
- have any recommendations? I obviously need something that attaches over
- ethernet or the SCSI bus.
-
- Keep in mind that this device would be purchased by myself (for home use),
- and as such, I would like to keep the costs as low as possible (<$1000?).
-
-
- Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
-
- Larry Ader
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