Sorry Orly but I did'nt mean that by "mentioning" Serial Accelerators, I was refering to accelerating. I was only "emphasizing" on the benefits of using one. <g>
dilberto (@_@) Message: 4 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:09:24 +0800 (PHT) From: Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [plug] -=XXX=- Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. > any1 here know anything about "Serial Accelerators"? (DigiBoard?) I've > been trying to search for this type of hardware for some time now. I > thinking of using a serial accelerator for my internet connection, i > read that using a serial accelerator is better cause it doesn't use > "UART" but i don't know the rest of the details. I'm currently using an > "Abit KT7A Motherboard". A "serial accelerator" will NOT speed up your connection. It's a "smart" serial board which has onboard buffering so it doesn't use CPU to handle lots of serial ports. As compared to a "dumb" multiport serial board which requires lots of CPU attention. Besides those things cost $600 and up (for 4 ports). --- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. __________________________________ www.edsamail.com.ph CHEAPER than free email! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
