Due to the basic design:. our ArtePort boards provide a LOW-COST

method of attaching terminals to a SP ARCstation. Our boards are

not well suited to use for applications requiring a continuous stream

of data. This is because each port has only 12 BYrES of buffer space

and once the buffer fIlls up. the CPU gets an interrupt. With such a

small buffer. during continuous sueaming there occurs a very high

number of interrupts to the CPU. which causes CPU usage to go up

(thereby lowering the throughput of nonnaljobs). Our boards are not

concentrators or servers.

Typical application the ArtePort board is well suited for:

• connecting dumb terminals (local (lr via modem) to a Spare

station. 

The ArtePort cards conform to Sparc™ SBlls design: specifICations.

The cards enable users to interface to terminals. modems. and serial

printers as well as parallel printers (except SB-l600).

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