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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ptsys1!dlt
- From: dlt@pt.com (Don Turrell)
- Subject: Re: Additional RS232 ports
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.203813.8877@pt.com>
- Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
- References: <1992Aug11.000955.7170@leland.Stanford.EDU> <l8fbnjINN2jd@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 20:38:13 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <l8fbnjINN2jd@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com writes:
- >bumbles@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steven Alexander) writes:
- >: We have a need for using 15-20 serial RS232 ports on our
- >: Sun Sparcstation 1. It comes with 2 serial ports. What
- >: are our options for the additional ports?
- >
- >You can get the SPC/S card from Sun - it offers 8 serial ports and one
- >parallel port per card. The latest rev of the software that is currently
- >shipping, V1.2, increases throughput for high-traffic applications like PPP
-
- There are a number of 3rd parties that offer SIO ports on SBus. In particular
- you will find several suppliers that have more than 8 ports/SBus slot. One
- that comes to mind is Artacon in San Diego. They offer 16 ports.
- I believe GPU also offers hardware that supports large numbers of RS-232
- SIO ports.
-
- Don Turrell
- Performance Technologies, Inc.
- 315 Science Pkwy, Rochester, New York 14620 USA
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