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From: paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: NuBus Serial Expansion
Keywords: NuBus Serial Card
Message-ID: <452@taniwha.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 90 18:35:13 GMT
References: <1444@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
Organization: Taniwha Systems Design, Oakland
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In article <1444@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
>Greetings,
>
>  I'm working on a project that may need to drive multiple serial devices
>(more than two) from a Mac II, and I've heard that there is a NuBus card that
>has several serial ports on it.
>
>  Could anybody tell me:  Who makes it, where I find it, how many serial ports
>it has, HOW MUCH IT COSTS, speed, compatibility, and any experience you've had

I make/sell a 4-port serial card called 'CommCard'. It goes for $450 (ask me
about prices for registered Apple developers). It has 4 DIN-8
connectors with the same wiring as the Mac's built-in ports so you
can use the same cables. 

You can program it 2 ways, either using Apple's Communications Toolbox
(highly recomended), or by making device driver calls in the same manner
as the built-in serial ports (as per IM II/IV) but by opening them using
different names other than '.AIn' etc. Existing applications can also
use a 'Serial Mapper' which redirects the builtin ports to CommCard 
ports.

For more info:

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