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From: pabres13@pc.usl.edu (0852 Joubert John V.)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Emergency IBM help needed!!!!!
Keywords: Serial Data Transfer
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Date: 25 May 90 11:16:00 GMT
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In article <14278@thorin.cs.unc.edu> hardarso@unc.cs.unc.edu (Kari Hardarson) writes:
>It seems to me you should look at a product named the Brooklyn Bridge.
>It is related to Laplink, except it uses the Serial port instead of
>the parallell port. It does this at a faster rate than the official
>rate of 19.200 baud. 
>Only disadvantage is: IBM PS/2 models
>50 and upwards cannot use this high speed mode of the serial chip. It will
>work with model 30 though. 
>Kari Hardarson
>217 Jackson Circle
>27514 Chapel Hill, NC

I have used Brooklyn Bridge from 5th Generation Systems (makers of Fastback),
and I agree that it is a very nice product.  However, in the above article it
was stated that it used the serial port instead of the parallel port, not true,
Brooklyn Bridge (the version I have anyway) uses either the serial or the 
parallel port, your choice.  And, naturally, since it has more lines, the
parallel port method runs much faster than the serial port method.  I have had
no trouble using it at full speed through the parallel port on the IBM PS/2
model 30 and 30/286's.  Very nice program, good recommendation.


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