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>Also, if you intend to run a high speed modem on the 386, you will
>want Charles Hannum's latest serial port patches, which substantially
>improve performance.

Note that you won't need to bother with this if you get a high-end
serial card like a Hayes ESP, as mentioned below.

Plus, I think it's probably a little counter-productive to suggest to
a new user that they immediately go upgrade to current, or graft the
current sources onto a release.  On the other hand, he was just
running Linux, so he might be used to patching up all the
sources... :-)

>> i just purchased an X2 modem (i highly recommend them, they are
>> FAST!! and they are also very cheap!!!, $219 for a sportster, $269
>> for a courier) and was wondering if there is a high speed serial
>> card out there that is supported by NetBSD so i can milk all the
>> performance out of the X2 as i can.

>I understand that there are a couple of cards out there, like the
>Hayes, that might be suitable, but I'll leave it to others to comment
>on this.
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  Michael L. VanLoon                           michaelv@MindBender.serv.net
        --<  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x  >--
    NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3,
        Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32...
    NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others...
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