i have 2 of these, what are they?

[zid]

http://www.circuitdeal.com/261501-im149375-td203612.html

today i found 2 of those(check the link) lying around so i picked them up and took them home hoping they were hubs or something, from what i can understand they are not hubs.

anyone know what they are?

 

[alltaken]

ummmm

they look like network cards!!!!!!

but i don't know the website doesn't tell you crap about them.
it just says how good they are without telling you what they do.

they are ISA cards i know that.
they say they are for the INTRANET so i am presuming LAN card or somthing.

how old are they????

 

[jihiggs]

i havent seen one of those in a long time. the cards are com controler cards. they just add com ports to your computer if you need more than 2.

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

 

[Secretninja]

it looks like a four port NIC it is defanatly NOT a com port extender as it has rj45 ports on it. you would use this in a server. not much use for a modern computer though as it is very rare to have isa ports now. as for using it as a hub they might work if stuck in an old computer and it would make a great router/firewall if you stuck linux on the computer.

-edit- also it runs at 10Mbits -edit-

Now thats what I want to know!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by secretninja on 02/19/03 12:46 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Secretninja]

sorry ignore that. after going the manufactures website i now have no idea what it is. man their site is one of the least helpfull i have ever seen!

if any one else wants a try
<A HREF="http://www.comtrol.com/" target="_new">http://www.comtrol.com/</A>

Now thats what I want to know!

 

[Teq]

The product info is here..

<A HREF="http://www.comtrol.com/products/hardware/rp_isa.asp" target="_new">http://www.comtrol.com/products/hardware/rp_isa.asp</A>

They're multi-port serial comm cards.