Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!philmtl!altitude!speedy.CAM.ORG!Sylvain From: Sylvain@speedy.CAM.ORG (Sylvain Tremblay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Bridgeboard and serial ports Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 90 04:38:05 GMT References: <2616@mindlink.UUCP> Lines: 40 >In article <2616@mindlink.UUCP> a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) writes: >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. The dual serial port I bought was in fact set up for COM1: only. But that was just what I wanted, and it didn't work. > > Indeed, no program exists to let the bridge board use the Amiga's >serial port. > Thanks for the info -- Sylvain __ +-----------------------------------------------------------------///------+ | Sylvain Tremblay INTERNET: Sylvain@speedy.CAM.ORG __ /// /| | | Montreal, Qc, Canada CIS: 71640,666 \\\/// # | | | (514) 256-3779 or: 71640.666@compuserve.com \XX/ _|_ | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+