[Asterisk-Users] Multiple MD 3200 (Intel 537) cards on a single system.

[Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:50:14 -0300, Marcelo Pacheco <marcelo at macp.eti.br> wrote:
> Has anyone been able to sucessfully use 2-4 X101P clones with Asterisk on a
> single system ?
> 
> I'm using one Encore MD 3200 modem sucessfully, alongside a TDM400P (3 FXS, 1
> FXO) and would like to be able to use up to 4 X101P on a single system. In
> most cases I'll have 2 or 3 instead.
> 
> I understand all the issues with interrupt sharing and PC motherboard quality.
> Just need to know if any one was sucessfull with that.

Get yourself an old PowerMac from the junk yard. Asterisk and Zaptel
works perfectly on those with LinuxPPC, for example Yellow Dog Linux.
There are no interrupt issues on Macs.

The pre-G3 PowerMac 9xxx series all have PCI bus and some of them have
a PCI based VGA in a sixth slot, so you could remove that and run six
X10nP in a single machine. The PM 9xxx series are vintage 1996-1998,
they're too old to support MacOSX and therefore they are available
second hand at real bargain prices. The going price at a typical
second hand store here in Tokyo is 50 USD with 90 days warranty for
such a machine. In some other places you may pay as much as 200 USD -
still a bargain.

rgds
benjk

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