JC> I need to talk to lots of serial ports from a 386 PC. Throughput will be
JC> rather low, so the number of ports per PC counts more than a lot of
JC> intelligence in the card. Hanging multiplexers off the standard COM ports
JC> might even work.
JC> Who makes multiport cards and/or serial muxes? All pointers appreciated.
JC> Please respond via email. Extra credit if you can
JC> include the company's phone
JC> number :).
Quatech makes a few cards for Unix/Xenix that have from 8 to 16 ports per card. The boards come with drives to install them. If you want, give me a call at 313-884-8011 and I can give you some extra information.