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From: a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial printer
Message-ID: <4277@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 30 Dec 90 12:47:06 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <672@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
writes:

>Simply put, the bridgeboard can't access the serial interface
>circuitry of the Amiga side. So you will have to purchase a
>serial board to plug into one of the PC slots. Please notice
>one limitation: DO NOT USE COM2! The I/O addresses and interrupts
>for COM2 are used for the Bridgeboard/Amiga commucincation.
>Those interface boards are VERY cheap today, btw.

     That's interesting - I got a 2 serial + 1 parallel port board
for my A2286 and successfully tested COM1:, COM2:, and LPT2: (I
use the Amiga's serial port for LPT1:).  Maybe I'm just lucky.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
Intel put the "backward" in "backward compatibility."