[rescue] SS Classic Serial ports

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> It's sad, but I can pick up an old PC for nearly nothing, which will
> do the job just fine, and for far less money than a decent serial
> board for sbus.

What about re-purposing an HS/I card? They are available for cents ont
he dollar now, and have no practical use (AFAIK) in a home network
environment (waits to be proven wrong!)

> If you want a Sun which can run a fast modem (or any fast serial
> link) with on-board ports, you need to get one of the PCI machines.
> For example, the U30 can run its serial ports fast.

What about getting one of those small cable/DSL routers with a serial
backup port - hook your modem up to that? They run well under $50 and
support high-speed serial by design. Does the serial support really
need to be *in* the sun box?
 

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Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976

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