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- From: kimc@w8hd.org (Kim Culhan)
- Subject: Re: High Speed Serial Patch
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.223930.1297@w8hd.org>
- Organization: w8hd.org
- References: <1992Nov6.201529.25911@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:39:30 GMT
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- cecil@physics.unc.edu (Gerald Cecil) writes:
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- >>Kevin D. Sears, GE Medical Systems, searsk@med.ge.com writes:
- >>Many times I've seen the discussion come up regarding high speed modems and
- >>Suns serial port problems. The following patch can be purchased from
- >>Sun Consulting.
- >>CONSULT-HSPEED version 1.3
- [stuff deleted]
- >I just called Sun Consulting on this (1-800-225-4449). They want $950/cpu (!!!)
- >for this patch, $2850 for 10, & $5700 for a site license! All for software
- >that should have been there in the first place (or at least in 4.1). Moreover,
- >it's still the zs serial port, so ``if you type or use the mouse during a
- >transfer [at 38.4 kps], characters will probably be dropped.'' Yuck.
- >---
- >Gerald Cecil cecil@wrath.physics.unc.edu 919-962-7169
- >Physics & Astronomy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 USA
-
- What with the expense associated with 'solutions' like the above, I contacted
- a manufacturer of async serial S-bus expansion boards.
- It turns out you can get a board with 2 async ports (either RS-449 or 232)
- which will run at 115.2 kbps _plus_ a centronics port for $325.
- Why would anyone want to mess around with a ~$1K patch?
- Yuck is right.
- regards
- kim culhan
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