Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!fts1!atronx!rwm
From: rwm@atronx.UUCP (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Multi serial/parallel ports
Message-ID: <52508.656318355@atronx.UUCP>
Date: Fri Oct 19 00:39:15 1990
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.tech
In-Reply-To: blubaugh@ucqais.uc.edu (pri=2 Dwight Blubaugh)

In a message posted on 18 Oct 90 15:17:54 GMT,
blubaugh@ucqais.uc.edu (pri=2 Dwight Blubaugh) wrote:
pDB>    But Everything that Commodore has said is that 2.0 will solve the
pDB>multiple-port problem.  Every reply so far leads me to believe that we

In order for it to solve it, it would have to have a device that called
another device, or would need to understand the hardware involved with each
serial device - There is no 'best' way to implement a serial device in hardware
- It really depends on what you want/need.

pDB>maintainence release.  Other E-mail replies has stated that C= has a
pDB>complete replacement serial.device with their 8 port card :-(

I don't know if I'd WANT to have to rely on the Commodore Serial software -
There are a few functions missing that are required (IE: DTR control under
a shared Serial port situation (VERY common)).

  So far I've found the ASDG serial device to be the best implementation,
which is why I bought their Duel-Serial board (IE: I don't use the internal
serial port).

  I still, for the life of me, can't undestand any reason for Commodore,
Supra, and so many other companies to not support a simple thing like DTR
control.  They end up forcing us to always go to the hardware directly which
is always a Bad idea - The FACT is that 'closing and re-opening' DOES NOT WORK!


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