Hello Mike!
Monday March 30 1998 17:38, Mike Ruskai wrote to Jonathan Michaels:
 MR > Some senseless babbling from Jonathan Michaels to All
 MR > on 03-29-98  23:52 about stb 4 port serial card...
 JM>> i have inherited an stb 4 port serial card, it has a
 JM>> startech 16650 vlsi chip on it and jumper for irq and
 JM>> address for each of the 4 serial ports. it has fifo caching
 JM>> and those funny ps/2ish ports on the backplane. can
 JM>> somebody who has one help me with where to get the cable
 JM>> for this card, more importantlu where i can get
 JM>> dicumantaion/drivers etc for it.
 MR > E-mail me at thanny@home.com (or netmail via Fido if you don't
 MR > have e-mail access) for documentation questions.  I have this
 MR > card with documentation, but there's too much information to
 MR > post without specific questions.
how do i set the irq jummpers ?
yes, i have recovered my old shell account and email will follow.
 MR > As for the wires, I suggest trying STB.  The connectors are not
 MR > proprietary - standard 8-pin DIN connectors.  My manual
 MR > describes them as IBM cables, so you could also try there as
 MR > well, but I wouldn't bet on the organization necessary to order
 MR > such a small part.  If you've got a nerdy computer store around
 MR > you, you might try there as well.
i hae an account (still) with the australian stb dealers, they ae just up the
road from me, just my luck to be relocated into an industrial area by govt
disadvantaged/disabled housing. i also have some friends (still) who are ibm
inciders .. looks like i have a few places to start looking.
 MR > Alternately, you can try http://www.computeresp.com/
 MR > That site has a lot of links to vendors for all kinds of stuff.
 MR > You might find something.
 JM>> i believe thatt this is the serial card that was being
 JM>> advertised by steve winters of christian fidonet conference
 JM>> fame some years ago.
 MR > Ugh.  Almost makes me want to rip it out :)
that is why i never purchased one, i don't want my name on his mailing list.
 JM>> is id possible to set this up on an os/2 box ? how,
 JM>> currently os/2 sees a serial cards but when it comes to
 JM>> connecting a modem os/2 complain's about the card not being
 JM>> thier, that is were os/2 thinks it is .. thes card cam out
 JM>> od a ms win95 box that ran binkleyterm (not very reliably,
 JM>> it was one of my downlinks)
 MR > Works wonderfully with OS/2 using the SIO serial drivers.  I
 MR > have all four ports sharing the same IRQ, which SIO supports.
 MR > You can probably set each port to a separate IRQ to get COM.SYS
 MR > working with it, but I recommend SIO just the same.
somebopdy else said this as well .. looks like it might be a goer than .. 
ummm.
 MR > The configuration of the jumpers is very much more complicated
 MR > than it appears, so you won't be able to guess at it :)
umm yes i guessed that one .. grin.
 MR > ... Never attribute to malice what can be explained by simple
 MR > stupidity.
yup the one rule i live by.
cheers and thanks
Jonathan
... i do what i can, with what i have, are you able to say the same ?
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