Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:15782 comp.unix.xenix:7207 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!att!icus!lilink!mikej From: mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Computone serial boards (was DigiComm) Message-ID: <810@lilink.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 16:41:21 GMT References: <963@lakesys.UUCP> <60@nstar.UUCP> <24E97939.7243@ateng.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Organization: LILINK Public Xenix, Long Island, New York Lines: 30 chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >According to root@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder): >>Computone boards seem very popular with Xenix users. >Not this Xenix user. >My company bundled (past tense) Computone Intelliport-6 boards with our >Xenix-based systems. Our field return rate on Intelliport-6's has been >greater than 50%. That's right: More than half of them returned on their >shields. This has not been my experience with Computones. I've installed 10 of them in our franchise offices over the past 6 months and to date have not had a single problem with any of them. The only problem that I uncovered was trouble using them (Intelliports) in an HP Vectra RS-20c (with caching). I called them about the problem and they promptly sent me an updated device driver. I consider the boards strongpoint to be the fact that it can be configured almost entirely through software. The only jumper that need be set on the motherboard is the interupt # and even that I've never had to set. I've used all the boards from the 4 porter to the 16 port unit. They are utilized with interactive terminals and Hayes 2400 modems. -- Michael R. Johnston System Administrator rutgers!lilink!mikej LILINK Public Access Xenix (516) 872-2137/2138/2349 1200/2400 Login: new