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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial
Keywords: Serial, null modem, rs-232
Message-ID: <1407@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 88 20:20:41 GMT
References: <2287@crash.cts.com> <945@polyslo.UUCP> <332@splut.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <332@splut.UUCP>, stu@splut.UUCP (Stewart Cobb) writes:
>    - easy to connect (like modular phone jacks)
>    - easy to use (smart six-year-olds can hook it up)
>    - fast (say, 56 kbps)
>    - standard (everyone uses it, and they all use the same "it")
>    - backward compatible (to some extent, anyway)

How about Midi? It's something like 30 kbps, it's become a standard, and
you can hook RS232 stuff up with minimal hacking, either way. An RS232 to
Midi adaptor costs about $50, so you don't even have to get rid of your
RS232 equipment.
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