“LINUX Users Benefit From Seamless Integration of Serial
Devices and Open Source Distribution Model”
“Perle Specialix, a leading provider of local and remote
serial-based data communications systems and remote access
solutions, today announced that it will deliver the final set of
LINUX drivers for its serial I/O range before the end of 1999.
Inline with a commitment made earlier this year to support LINUX
across its whole serial I/O range, Perle Specialix is now
offeringits customers free access to LINUX driver software for its
popularRIO range of high port density, fault tolerant serial
connectivityproducts. This completes the support of LINUX for the
whole Perle Specialix serial I/O range, including the recently
announced Speed4 and Speed4+ cards, which came with full LINUX
support from the first release.”
“Perle Specialix ‘Direct Connect’ serial I/O products come with
a full range of device drivers that support all the popular
variantsof UNIX, as well as Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT
operating systems. Perle Specialix LINUX drivers provide users
running LINUX operating systems with a seamless method for
connecting serial devices (such as terminals, bar code readers
ande-POS devices) to their LINUX-based computing environment.”