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>12. Controllers (multiport)</H1
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NAME="AEN9288"
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>12.1. Non-intelligent cards</H2
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>12.1.1. Supported</H3
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> AST FourPort and clones (4 port)
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> Accent Async-4 (4 port)
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> Arnet Multiport-8 (8 port)
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> Bell Technologies HUB6 (6 port)
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> Boca BB-1004, 1008 (4, 8 port) - no DTR, DSR, and CD
</P
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> Boca BB-2016 (16 port)
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> Boca IO/AT66 (6 port)
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> Boca IO 2by4 (4 serial / 2 parallel, uses 5 IRQ's)
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> Computone ValuePort (4, 6, 8 port) (AST FourPort compatible)
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> DigiBoard PC/X, PC/Xem, PCI/Xem, EISA/Xem, PCI/Xr
(4, 8, 16 port)
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> Comtrol Hostess 550 (4, 8 port)
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> PC-COMM 4-port (4 port)
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> SIIG I/O Expander 4S (4 port, uses 4 IRQ's)
</P
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> STB 4-COM (4 port)
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> Twincom ACI/550
</P
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> Usenet Serial Board II (4 port)
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> Non-intelligent cards usually come in two varieties, one
using standard com port addresses and use 4 IRQ's, and
another that's AST FourPort compatible and uses a selectable
block of addresses and a single IRQ. (Addresses and IRQ's
are set using <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>setserial</TT
>.)
If you're getting one of these cards, be sure to check
which standard it conforms to, prices are no indication.
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>12.2. Intelligent cards</H2
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>12.2.1. Supported</H3
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> Computone IntelliPort II (4/8/16 port)
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.computone.com/pub/bbs/beta/ip2linux-1.0.2.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> Cyclades Cyclom-Y (RISC-based, 8-32 ports)
(<EM
>ISA/PCI</EM
>)
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="http://www.cyclades.com/support/downloads.php#CYCLOM-Y"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
</P
></LI
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> Cyclades-Z (high-end, 16-64 ports)
(<EM
>PCI</EM
>)
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="http://www.cyclades.com/support/downloads.php#CYCLADES-Z"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
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> DigiBoard PC/Xe (<EM
>ISA</EM
>),
PC/Xi (<EM
>EISA</EM
>) and PC/Xeve
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.digibd.com/drivers/linux/"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
</P
></LI
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> Equinox SST Intelligent serial I/O cards
</P
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> <A
HREF="http://www.equinox.com/"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
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></LI
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> Hayes ESP 1, 2 and 8 port versions Included in kernel
since 2.1.15. The driver for kernel versions 2.0.x can
be found at
<A
HREF="http://www.nyx.net/~arobinso/"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
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> Stallion EasyIO (<EM
>ISA</EM
>)
/ EasyConnection 8/32 (<EM
>ISA/MCA</EM
>)
/ EasyConnection 8/64 (<EM
>PCI</EM
>)
For DIP switch settings and configuration files check
<A
HREF="http://www.stallion.com/"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> Stallion EasyConnection 8/64
(<EM
>ISA/EISA</EM
>) / ONboard
(<EM
>ISA/EISA/MCA</EM
>) / Brumby
(<EM
>ISA</EM
>) The latest driver can
be found at <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.stallion.com/drivers/ata5/Linux/v544.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
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>12.2.2. Alpha, Beta drivers</H3
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> Comtrol RocketPort (8/16/32 port)
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> <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/comtrol-1.04.tar.gz"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
(kernels 1.2.x). A driver for kernels 2.x can be found
at
<A
HREF="ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/comtrol/"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
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> DigiBoard COM/Xi Contact Simon Park (<A
HREF="mailto:si@wimpol.demon.co.uk"
TARGET="_top"
>si@wimpol.demon.co.uk</A
>)
or Mark Hatle (<A
HREF="mailto:fray@krypton.mankato.msus.edu"
TARGET="_top"
>fray@krypton.mankato.msus.edu</A
>).
NOTE: both email addresses seem not to exist any longer.
</P
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><LI
><P
> Moxa C102, C104, C168, C218 (8 port), C320 (8/16/24/32
expandable) and C320T
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.moxa.com.tw/drivers/linux/"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> RISCom/8
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><P
> Specialix SIO/XIO (modular, 4 to 32 ports)
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/sidrv.taz"
TARGET="_top"
> (driver)</A
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> Specialix IO8+ Contact
</P
><P
> <A
HREF="mailto:devices@BitWizard.nl"
TARGET="_top"
> devices@BitWizard.nl</A
>
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