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- PCSS-8I - GTEK, Inc.
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- KEYWORDS: communications, Multiport Adapters , 601
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- Multiport Serial Cards
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- The PCSS-8I (Intelligent Multi-Channel serial card) is the most powerful
- PC-compatible serial card that GTEK has offered to date. It has eight separate
- RS-232 channels for input and output per card. All queuing of data and status
- and uart interrupts is handled by the coprocessor, thereby placing no
- processing load on your computer. True concurrent processing dramatically
- increases computer throughput. A device driver is included which provides DOS
- compatibility through BIOS Int 14H and expands Int 14H to handle up to 130
- channels. The enhanced BIOS INT14H device driver allows easy application
- program interface and is supplied with an interface to high-level compiled
- languages such as Basic, Pascal, ADA, C, and FORTRAN. Examples with source code
- provide programming models to demonstrate ease of use with the INT14H driver.
- Utilities are provided which allow mapping intelligent channels to standard
- COM1: through COM4: channels and to initialize all of the intelligent channels
- at boot time. Compatibility is so complete that you can even use the DOS MODE
- command to set up channels. Each card occupies on four I/O addresses. This
- address may be changed to allow multiple PCSS-8I's. You can access the card
- directly or for DOS compatibility, through BIOS Int 14H. Whichever way you go,
- all eight channels are always interrupt driven on transmit and receive with
- automatic handshaking available using either CTS/DTR or XON/XOFF. You can have
- as many PCSS-8Is as you have slots for in your computer. The hardware interface
- to the PCSS-8I is done with standard six conductor telephone type plugs. This
- frees up the back panel of your computer and allows all 8 channels to come out
- of one slot on the back of the computer. Cables, plugs and DB25 connectors are
- available from GTEK also. Signals supported are TXD, RXD, DTR, CTS, CD and GND.
- What's more, this board is smart enough to be used ``standalone.'' Connect the
- PCSS-8I to a power supply with the proper coprocessor firmware and it will run
- standalone. In this mode the PC interface can be used as parallel I/O.
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- GTEK, Inc.
- Tel: (601) 467-8048
- Toll free: (800) 282-4835
- Fax: (601) 467-0935
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