[H-GEN] how many modems

[Christopher Biggs]

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staeci at yahoo.com moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> ok, boss wants a machine with four modems for users to
> dial in to but doesn't want to spend bucks on multi-
> serial port card.  So is it possible to have two modems
> on a com port each and two internal (probably isa) modems
> and what complications do I have in doing this.

Finding enough IRQs is the only problem. I know of linux installations
with over 256 modems per machine.

Cheapo dumb multiport cards aren't very expensive.   Alternatively,
buy a dedicated access server instead of a whole machine.

cjb

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