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Subject: Re: TT REVIEW
Summary: Can't use VME and LAN....?
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Date: 28 Mar 91 02:37:35 GMT
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In article <2884@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>
>If you have a VME card, you lose the Serial 1 and Serial 2 connectors,
>unless you mess with your case (and probably void your warranty): the
>connectors appear in the (otherwise empty) VME slot.
>
>As for "checklist engineering," we did it this way because the serial port
>is free if you're not using the LAN connector: if you don't use the LAN
>port, would you rather have that serial port, or nothing?

I realize that the LAN and Serial 2 are run by the same _chip_, but what about 
physical ports themselves:

   If you have a VME card, you lose the Serial1 and Serial 2 connectors:  But 
does that also mean that you lose the LAN connector as well?  Or are you 
just refering to the connector with all the modem signals (except RI)?
If you lose the LAN too, that would be a silly thing to do:  you can either
hook yourself into a network OR you can use <insert hardware extra like RAM,
etc.>, but you can't use both.  You shouldn't have to make that kind of a 
choice!
>
>============================================
>Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
>reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt

Thanks!

-Mike