RE: flexfax: Recommendations for a 4 port Modem card for Linux

[Matt Kaminer <matt@fred.mmc.net>]

But if you want a modem bank... having a card for each serial port fills
up quickly!  There are four port / 8 port 16 port cards  for a little bit
more.

for example, the byterunner http://www.byterunner.com gives you a 4 port
ISA serial card for 55 bucks!

I highly recommend this card.  (they have an 8 port as well)
regards,
matt

On Fri, 21 May 1999, Tim Ballingall wrote:

> 
> It is possible to get serial boards that use interupts & ports other than
> those used by com 1 & 2.. I have a pc running redhat that has 5 com ports
> from  2 extra serial cards and the upper interupts of the pc.
> 
> The card is a 6308HT manufactured by Sun. Cost was around $20 ( AU ) & seems
> to work ok..
> 
> If you use it make sure you use setserial to set the tty's properties.
> 
> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	Greg Breland [mailto:gbreland@healthtech.net]
> 		Sent:	Friday, 21 May 1999 0:11
> 		To:	'Hylafax'
> 		Subject:	flexfax: Recommendations for a 4 port Modem
> card for Linux
> 
> 		Does anyone have any recommendations for a modem card for
> linux?  I need
> 		to connect 4 to 8 modems to my linux box.  I have plenty of
> 14.4
> 		external modems, but as I understand PC's, I can only have 2
> serial
> 		ports.  Does anyone know of either a good 4 port serial
> board or a 4
> 		port modem bank device that works well with linux and
> Hylafax?
> 
> 		We have about 2000 customers that we have to send regular
> governmentally
> 		required updates to.  It takes 1 minute to send a one page
> fax to a
> 		number.  That means 2000 minutes or 33.3 hours for one
> broadcast with
> 		one modem.  Hooking up the second modem drops that to 17
> hours, which
> 		will work, but I would rather get it around 8 hours or less.
> 
> 		Thanks for your help, Hylafax is a great program.
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