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From: rlin@cs.ubc.ca (Robert Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: BlackBox Inc.
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Date: 12 Jul 90 08:59:52 GMT
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This is a follow-up on a question I had earlier...

I asked on Internet,

>Does anyone know if there is a device that converts a hardware hand-
>shaking device into XON/XOFF protocol? Here's the situation. I have
>a piece of hardware that talks through RS-232. It only supports
>hardware handshaking (CTS/RTS flow control). I want to communicate
>with it with a NeXT computer.
>

I received as reply from a kind Internet soul,

 >I have used a device from BlackBox Inc. for quite a while that does just
>what you're asking. Unfortunately, I don't have their address. At least you
>have a clue!

So does anyone know how I can contact BlackBox Inc.?

This is an important bit of info, because MANY serial devices out there
cannot work with NeXT without it. It is a frustrating situation. I
never thought the wonderfully designed Cube could have such a blatant
problem. It's like building a Ferrari, then forgetting to put a needle
on the fuel gauge.

Also, I mentioned earlier that XON/XOFF doesn't work at 19200. Another
very annoying bug. It probably can be fixed with a patch. I am using
system 1.0 (not 1.0a), and I am wondering if people who have 1.0a have
encountered the same problem? It is a hard one to test. You have to connect
a device like say printer that prints slow enough to need XON/XOFF to work
at 19200, then try to see if it will run.

If anyone has a patch for this bug, I would really like to hear about it!!

 
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