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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Multi Par: Ports
Message-ID: <1609@agora.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 89 01:26:30 GMT
References: <3761@m2-net.UUCP:
Organization: Advanced Solutions, Hillsboro, OR
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From article <3761@m2-net.UUCP:, by ba@m2-net.UUCP (Bill Allen):
: Is it just me or have others been experiencing par: port
: over-crowding?  Sounds digitizers, video digitizers,
: printers, all trying to use the port at once.
: Has anyone seen:
: 1)  A2000 internal cards that allow 2+ par ports?  (ADSG has
:     the 2 serial ports brd)

	The CMInet card for the 2000 has an extra parallel port on it.
The port isn't a full bi-directional port like the internal one in your
Amiga, but it works great for a printer. You can digitize on the internal
port and print on the CMI port at the same time...

: 3)  Cheap A/B/C switches?

	I see cheap ABC switches all the time from various Tiawan importers,
I even have three or four around the house. You should be able to find one
for about $20-25...

: Does everyone agree it's a good idea to do a cold start
: before/after A/B/C switching?  If so, then A/B/C switches
: aren't the answer.

	I've never had any troubles switching either my serial port or my
parallel port on the fly... I don't have power hooked up through them
though.

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