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From: a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard and serial ports
Message-ID: <2616@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 90 19:47:10 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <425243@neabbs.UUCP> alexhagn@neabbs.UUCP (ALEXANDER HAGEN)
writes:

>> I bought the "Dual serial port" for my XT Bridgeboard 4-5 months ago
>> and I wasn't able to make it work.
>
>Too bad for the *Dual* serial port. The bridgeboard will support only
>COM1 :-(. I have plugged in a par/ser card as well and it works fine.

     Maybe it's different for the XT bridge board, but I bought a
multi-I/O board (two serial, one parallel, one game port) for my AT
bridge board and it works just fine.  I have COM1:, COM2:, and LPT2:
(I borrow the Amiga's parallel port for LPT1:).  I don't know whether
the game port works or not, and don't really care.  :-)

     Sylvain, do you have the necessary chips for COM2:?  Most of the
dual serial ports I've seen come partially populated for those people
who only need one port and want to save money.  To activate the
second port you might have to drop in a chip or two and move some
jumpers.

     Indeed, no program exists to let the bridge board use the Amiga's
serial port.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
My Amiga *is* a PC!  It says "Personal Computer" right on the box!