From: sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Pershing) Subject: Re: AST Fourports? Date: 7 Oct 1992 18:54:50 GMT
rchen@sfu.ca writes:
=> Are there any other boards that are compatible with the AST Fourport?
=>
=> What should an AST Fourport set me back. I have found them here in
=> Vancouver for CAN $595 (around US $475). They call it an
=> AST Fourport/AT Plus. Is that what I want? I heard that the
=> cards were cheap ($600 seems a bit much for a few UARTS). I
=> have also found a board called a Bocaboard/4 for $239. They
=> are from Boca Research (never heard of them). That sounds more
=> like it, but will it run with Linux?
Heck, I can get you Boca products for a LOT less. They make a 4-port, 8-port
and a 16-port dumb card. You can put as many as 4 in any 80n86 machine.
Can't tell you whether or not they will work with linux yet, and am
trying to get a sample for Ted.
Also, I have the spec sheets on the BocaBoard serial cards available
here at this site. They are 300x300dpi TIFF images.
To retrieve them, send e-mail to:
mail-server@questor.wimsey.bc.ca
and in an otherwise blank text body, start at the left margin with:
/GET prodinfo/boca/bb1004-8.ZOO
/GET prodinfo/boca/bbio2x4.ZOO
/GET prodinfo/boca/bb2016.ZOO
for prices and file lists, add the following:
INFO INDEX
INFO FILINDX