On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Jon Elson wrote:

> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:41:23 -0600
> From: Jon Elson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
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> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Low Cost Motion Contorl Card?
> 
> Jon Elson wrote:
>> Peter C. Wallace wrote:
>>
>>> The unknown is the read and write overhead from the PCI-E bus, though I 
>>> doubt
>>> it will be any worse than a PCI parallel port. The UARTs are indeed 16550 
>>> type
>>> with 256 byte receive and trasnmit FIFOs
> Did a little more searching, and it appears the PCI-E parallel
> port cards are now a mainstream product.  The first vendor to
> show up on a Google search had them for $55, there are some on
> eBay for under $30.  But, I need a motherboard with PCI-E to
> test it with.


Good news, means its likely paralell ports can be supported until PCIe slots 
dissapear...

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> Jon
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