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From: neil@uninet.cpd.com (Neil Gorsuch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Serial port extender?
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.225018.2698@zardoz.cpd.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 22:50:18 GMT
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In article <1991Feb3.011613.9122@ims.alaska.edu> ifjrs@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
>In article <3135.279BABD7@blkcat.fidonet.org>, Joe.Keenan@p1.f401.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Keenan) writes...
>>A couple of weeks ago, someone posted a note about a product their company was 
>>working on.  It's a SCSI device that provides additional serial ports (and a 
>>parallel port, I think).
>>Can whoever that was please post or mail me a description of the product, with 
>>a contact name and phone number.  I would appreciate it greatly.
>>jpk@blkcat.fidonet.org 
>Me too!  I'm interested in running Amateur Packet Radio using my
>NeXT Cube, and could use minny, minny serial ports.  : )

Briefly ( 8-), the Uninet SLAT provides extra asynchronous serial and
Centronics parallel ports via the SCSI bus for workstations.  It
doesn't add any new drivers, does not require kernel rebuilding, is a
nice scsi peripheral as fasr as co-existing with other scsi
peripherals, provides arbitrary serial speeds up to about 150 K baud,
provides full dial-in/dial-out support for modems, has full hardware
RTS/CTS and xon/xoff handshanking.  The SLAT has already been working
on most other workstations for quite a while, and a NeXT port is now
in progress and should be finished very quickly.  For pricing and
availability details, contact marketing at (800)433-6784 or
(714)546-1100 or via fax at (714)546-3726.  For technical questions,
contact technical support (or me if you really have to 8-), at those
same numbers.
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