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From: mort@apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Moriarty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: WANTED: construction plans for serial card
Keywords: hardware, card, slots, DMA
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Date: 17 Nov 89 19:08:00 GMT
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In article <3759@puff.cs.wisc.edu> blochowi@rt3.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Blochowiak) writes:
>	It may not be all that difficult, but unless you want to write your
>own terminal program to drive it, you'll probably have to make it compatible
>with something - 

	Absolutely.

>I'm just wondering if there's anyone out there that could give us some tips
>or "things to avoid" in //e (or, preferably, //gs) card design.

	jetzer@studsys.mu.edu pointed out that for starters, the
blank IIe circuit boards cost $30! This isn't necessarily a
consideration for you, but it does put a crimp in my "economy"
design.
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