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From: covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Double Click's New MultiPort card
Summary: DC PORT Needs RTS/CTS!!!
Keywords: double click, serial io, atari st     The June/July issue of ST EXPRESS magazine has an ad from Double
Message-ID: <44c0b061.14a1f@gtephx.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 89 17:47:56 GMT
References: <448e5c73.14a1f@gtephx.UUCP> <817@uhnix2.uh.edu>
Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
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In article <817@uhnix2.uh.edu>, uace0@uhnix2.uh.edu (Michael B. Vederman) writes:
> 
> He is the scoop on the DC-PORT.  DC-PORT does allow for up to 38400 baud thru
> DC-PORT, but alas, we do not support RTS/CTS at this time.  I will discuss
> the possibility of adding this with Gilbert (he is the hardware wiz).  We
> had decided at the time that rts/cts was not used much, and to keep size and
> cost down, we did not implement them.
> 
> On another note, 5-port versions are now available.

	I think that it was a FATAL mistake not to include working
hardware RTS/CTS in the DC PORT serial io product. Many Atari ST bbses
would like to go multi-port, but the new high speed US Robotics modems
require HARDWARE flow control for optimal performance.

	Is there any chance that DC PORT will be redesigned to add hardware
RTS/CTS?? I am not interested in buying such a product until it does include
hardware RTS/CTS.

	I would buy the DC PORT, today, if it had hardware RTS/CTS!!!

Richard Covert