ESIX Manuals, serial drivers

[Scott E. Garfinkle]

>From article <1990Dec6.040153.473 at bjm.wimsey.bc.ca>, by brian at bjm.wimsey.bc.ca (brian):
> 	I remember reading a while ago that Prentice Hall releases a set of
> Documentation for ESIX....
The Prentice Hall books are for generic AT&T SVR3.2/386.  However, they work
great with Esix, except that neither X nor BSD networking is covered.  Actually,
I think that the Esix manuals run more like $350 for the set.  If you don't yet
have any of the Prentica Hall manuals, it might make sense to get the Esix
set.  If you want any computer book whatsoever, in general, call Computer
Literacy Bookshop in San Jose, CA.  Tel (408) 435-1118.  They are very
reliable by mail order -- I did a lot of that when I was with the Army
in Germany.
 
> 	I was having a lot of trouble getting the vanilla port to "uucico"
> without alarming!!  I found out (by reading the release notes) that uucp's
> maximum throughput on ESIX's serial driver is no more than 4800 baud!!
Actually, my experience was more like 2400 baud or less with Rev C.  In Rev
D, they theoretically turned on some support for the 16550.  You *really*
need to get 16550s, though.  I strongly recommend the AST 4 port card or
clone thereof.  Then use fas 2.06 or 2.07 and stand back.  It's *much*
better than asy.  Only problem -- I'm not sure if you can use the mouse
under X on a port controlled by fas.  I keep meaning to try it.  I have
an internal trailblazer+ on a fas port and I get around 1400 cps throughput
talking to uunet.

	yours, Scott E. Garfinkle