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From: gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Multi-user pipe dreams
Keywords: serial port
Message-ID: <7502@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 28 Mar 90 13:35:50 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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I'm curious to know if there is a serial port multiplexer of some sort
available for the A1000. 

The object of this deranged search is to hook a seperate terminal to the 1000
and run a version of the dnet fterm client on it. (The actual reason for this
is that my roomate and I need to be on the same computer a lot, and can't 
afford the $300 or so that the phone company wants to give us a second line.)

Of course, it would also be nice if there were a way to run a cli from the
remote terminal once spawned from the 'main console'

My other thought involved using the parallel port. The hardware involved might
be a bit tricky and need to buffer the input from the terminal. The software
driver would have to check the status of a data available line every so often
and read in stuff from the parallel port. 

In any case, if anyone has any comments or ideas, scream loudly.


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