Re: In search of Parallel and serial cards for Openserver 6
From: Bob Stockler (bob_at_trebor.iglou.com)
Date: 09/24/05
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Date: 24 Sep 2005 15:32:52 -0400
Boss wrote (on Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:48:39PM -0400):
| I am in need of an additional serial port and an additional parallel
| port on an OSR6 server I just installed. The motherboard has PCI and
| PCIX-1 slots available. I had planned on using USB for the printer, but
| (as you may already know) OSR USB printing is still not ready for primetime.
|
| I know the Digi NEO 2-port DB9 card supports OSR5 and I have used SIIG
| PCI parallel ports on OSR5.0.7.
|
| I have already tried two PCI parallel ports and neither are recognized
| by the OS. A hw -r pci report shows one as a "Simple communications
| controller" and the other as a "Simple 16550 controller" which are
| wrong. 16550, after all, is a serial UART chip.
|
| Has anyone tried a 1 or 2 port serial, a 1 port parallel or a combo PCI
| card with OSR6.
The Digi Neo ports do NOT work on OpenServer 6. And Digi says
the Digi model shown on the OSR 6 hardware combatibility list
does NOT work on it either.
Bob
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