>In article <199701242043.WAA18611@pyy.jmp.fi> you write:
>> My Amiga 3000 (with an A2232 serial card) never had problems (although it's
>> CPU runs at 1/25 of the speed of this pentium machine, according to some
>> benchmarks).

[...]
>Are there any PC (PCI or ISA) boards of a similar design that don't cost
>a fortune? Everything I've heard of seems to be either not as smart, or
>far too smart and thus too expensive. The A2232 was really quite good
>value for money.

Hayes ESP card -- 1024-byte FIFO.

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