[plug] Multiport serial cards in Perth metro area?

[Colin Rothnie]

While in Tang the other day I noticed they had 4 port serial cards on their 
shelves.

My experience with 4 port cards has been good.  I inherited a couple of old 
Allaw 4 port cards a while ago, and while I don't use them now, they ran well 
under Linux  (ie 115200 bps, 16550A UARTS).  Allaw (based in Sydney) were kind 
enough to send me the Linux setserial initialisation scripts, and these worked 
first time.  I didn't install both of the cards I had in the one machine, but I 
don't recall any limitations on the number of cards you could install.

Of course with these low-end serial interface cards you are stuck with ISA 
interface and with modern motherboards this could be a limitation.

Colin Rothnie