Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga Serial Ports Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 09:12:41 GMT References: <31@ryptyde.UUCP> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 20 In article <31@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes: >Responding to the following: > >"Do builtin Mac SCSI ports go at upwards of 2MB per second? > >The Amiga's serial port goes 25% faster than the Mac's. Neener neener neener." > >Something like that, yes. Also, a previous post indicated that Amiga serial >ports are NOT as fast as the Macs. Would you call 31.5Kbaud 25% faster than >57.6Kbaud? I think you had better rethink your math... I would call 4*57.6K baud faster than 1*57.6K baud. The Amiga serial ports go even faster than this, but the quality and length of the serial cables gets to be a problem. -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************