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- From: marc@CAM.ORG (Marc Boucher)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Anyone heard of the BocaBoard?
- Message-ID: <Btwxx5.63H@CAM.ORG>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 18:55:52 GMT
- References: <2A95BEE8.5424@telly.on.ca> <1992Aug22.230959.9649@Unibase.SK.CA> <1992Aug23.061838.16176@Unibase.SK.CA>
- Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada
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- roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson) writes:
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- >roe@Unibase.SK.CA (Roe Peterson) writes:
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- >Watch, now, as I follow up my own follow-up:
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- >>evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
- >>>I/O addresses are assigned in blocks of 0x40 10-bit addresses based
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- >>At first glance, I would say not. 64 I/O addresses for 8 ports would
- >>appear to be double the number required for a simple "lets' put
- >>8 16550's in a row".
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- >Open mouth. Insert foot. Proceed to multiply 8 and 8 and get 32.
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- >Sorry, folks, I'm normally more competent than this. 64 I/O addresses
- >is _precisely_ whats' required.
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- >Evan: can you send me vendor info? We'll order one instantly and
- >I'll check it out. Thanks.
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- Don't bother, as the 4 and 8 port models use RJ11 connectors with 6 pins
- (of which two are grounds) hence making simultaneous flow (rts/cts) and
- modem (dtr/dcd) control impossible, mandatory today with high speed modems.
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- We've purchased one and immediately sold it back after the bad surprise.
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