> > My thought is that I can get a NuBus serial card for this machine. I guess
> > that if such cards work on other Macs, they should work with the Q950. So
> > my questions are:
> > 
> > 	What serial port NuBus cards work under NetBSD/mac68k?
> > 		And where can I get one?
> 
> 	That I know of none... I have a Quadralink 4 port card that I have
> tried in my IIcx a few times, and no luck. But, I seem to remember hearing
> Bill Studenmund mention that he is working on support.

I'm working on it, but I'm not ready yet. There are some big assumptions in
the M.I. driver which need changing before this'll work right.

> > 	Would there be any problem using these cards on a Q950?
> 
> 	Once they are supported, probably not. However, I've had problems
> using a NuBus ethernet card in my Q900 with NetBSD. I tried FTPing a
> large file over the ethernet from my Q630 and the link died, and cut the
> machine off from the network, which essentially disabled the machine, so I
> had to manually reboot. I've not played with it much since then, so I
> don't know if it was a one time thing... I can try to reproduce the error,
> if someone would like. I can use the internal ethernet along with the
> NuBus card so I'll be able to see what happened afterwards ;-)

There shouldn't be a problem with them in a 950 once I get them supported.

Serial console probably wouldn't work, but you could set up tty logins on
the new ports. :-)

> > 	Would such a setup work faster than a IIcx on its built
> > 	in serial ports?
> 
> 	Maybe. I've not really used the card I have, since I don't really
> have a need to atm, and my Q630 doesn't have a NuBus slot ;-) But, I don't
> see why the IIcx's serial ports shouldn't suffice, if it's just 33.6
> modems. 2 of them may be pushing the envelope, but I'm sure the ports
> individually should be capable of much more than 33.6.

One 33.6 modem will probably tax a IIcx's serial port. I think two might
well be too much.

I'd expect the card to work better w/ the 950 for two reasons. 1) most of the
cards used a chip variant with a deeper FIFO, and a 950 can process interrupts
much faster than a IIcx.

Take care,

Bill