[Soekris] DOS on net4501

[Lewis Bergman]

Henry Spencer wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Lewis Bergman wrote:
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>>>You'll note too, that you REALLY want to use the second serial port, not
>>>the console for serial stuff.
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>>I *must* have two serial ports. Does that mean I should forget about the 
>>net4501 and use something else?
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>Not quite, but it does mean you're in "experts only" territory, trying to
>use the box for something it really wasn't meant for.  (Is there any
>possibility of *adding* serial ports via the PCI slot?)
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>                                                          Henry Spencer
>                                                       henry at spsystems.net
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I am most assuredly not an expert. I could add a serial card.  Hadn't 
thought of that. Is the console port always com1? Is there another SBC 
better suited to this application?