Comtrol RocketPort Universal PCI Quad/Octa RoHS 99340-7 Leaflet

Part number 99340-7

RocketPort uPCI Connectivity

The Comtrol RocketPort uPCI Quad/Octa without Cable serial port
expansion card is compatible with all current 3.3 and 5.0 Volt PCI bus
architectures. Depending on the serial cable (purchased separately), it
provides four or eight “native” serial ports utilizing a single PCI card slot.
The serial ports support RS-232 serial communications at speeds up to
460 Kbps. Every RocketPort serial card features the high-performance
RocketPort ASIC chip, consisting of a dedicated 36MHz processor that
minimizes host CPU utilization and larger transmit-and-receive buffers than
those of 16550 UART chips used in standard PC serial ports and low-end
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RocketPort products do not require the assignment of interrupts,
simplifying installation and eliminating conflicts with other server cards.
The product is fully compliant with the RoHS directive 2002/95/EC.

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