From: ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman ) Subject: Re: Will it support my DigiBoard? Date: 16 Mar 1993 03:10:37 GMT
morley@suncad.camosun.bc.ca (Mark Morley) writes:
: I've got a 16 port intelligent DigiBoard card that I'd love to use with
: Linux to get a dial-up information service (not exactly a BBS) up and
: running. Has anyone written drivers for these devices? We'd be running
: the system on a 486DX/50 with 8M RAM to start with. We can upgrade to 16M
: or 32M if required. Could Linux support, say 12-16, simultaneous users,
: half at 2400 baud, and half at 9600+ baud? All users would be running the
: same application, mostly terminal-type sessions, some file transfers. Any
: comments on the robustness of such a system (assume that the application
: is fairly efficient in design and use of resources)?
Before we answer your question as to whether Linux can handle up to 16 sim-
ultaneous users, we need to answer your question about your DigiBoard. To
the best of my knowledge, the answer is "No" for several reasons. One, the
software doesn't exist; two, if what I think is true, the DigiBoard folks
frown upon the idea of it being available in source code form, i.e. some stu-
pid fucking nondisclosure rule being broken as is the case with the Diamond
cards.
Sorry, I can't help you. I have a feelling that the DigiBoard nuts want you
to sign a nondisclosure form, which I think sucks as much as Diamond does.
-- Born to void warranties! ianj@ijpc.UUCP