Re: T/Port Card

[smart621@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 05/05/98 11:57:27 you wrote:
>
>Terrence:
>
>Folks don't just use a Turbo port card or a t-port card because their 
systems
>don't have a UART 16550 chip, though that is one reason. T-port cards and
>TurboExpress cards deal with data flows differently than a common serial 
port,
>whether it's a faster chip, like the UART 16750, or a built-in larger cache 
for
>incoming flows. If you are collecting alot of data from a satellite flow or 
if
>you are doing computing that sometimes interupts the handling of the data 
stream
>as it flows through the serial port of your computer, some kind of higher 
speed
>flow port with a cache helps tremendously.
>
>Tim Morge
>
>smart621@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Guys... the thought occurs to me that there is a simpler solution to this
>> problem. You say that you have a 486 SX which does not have a UART16550
>> serial port. Perhaps it might be easier to change the controller card to 
one
>> which has this capability and then use the TLink software...Just a 
thought.
>> 
>>              Terrence
>
>

Tim,

       Thanks Tim for the tip...you learn something every day.

             Terrence