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From: yost@esquire.UUCP (David A. Yost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Need more serial ports
Message-ID: <1643@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 89 17:01:56 GMT
Organization: DP&W, New York, NY
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1.  Every program I've seen that uses a serial
    port lets you choose only from the two icons
    for the modem port and the printer port.  If
    I buy someone's NuBus multiport serial card,
    will those programs let me select one of
    those ports?  Is there a standard mac way to
    allow the selection of a serial port in an
    extendable manner?  Is it just that no
    programs are using it, or will the usual two
    icons magically disappear and be replaced by
    a popup menu, or what?

2.  Who makes a good cheap multiport serial card?

3.  Is there a box you can get that expands the
    modem port out to several serial ports and
    lets you choose which one you want to talk to
    from the mac, i.e. without flipping a switch?

This must be a pretty standard problem.  It's pretty
easy to pile up serial devices.  I have these already,
    2400 baud modem
    MacRecorder
    X-10 Powerhouse light controller
and I'd like to get
    Fax Modem
    another MacRecorder, for stereo recording

 --dave yost
   yost@esquire.dpw.COM