Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:15709 comp.unix.xenix:7144 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Computone serial boards (was DigiComm) Summary: Avoid them. Message-ID: <24E97939.7243@ateng.com> Date: 16 Aug 89 14:24:55 GMT References: <963@lakesys.UUCP> <60@nstar.UUCP> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 19 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. We spent much more on Federal Express and UPS than we would have spent buying a more expensive, but reliable, alternative. Not to mention the lost customer goodwill when their systems' serial I/O would just stop. Avoid Computone. We're changing over to Arnet, ourselves. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg |or A T Engineering | Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest!