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From: erd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ethan R. Dicks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: What ever became of the discussion on multiple serial ports?
Message-ID: <12001@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 88 15:14:21 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer and Information Science
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Keywords: serial.device multiple ports

[ DDT DDT DDT (let's poison the line eater) ]


I remember a while back that there was a heated discussion about the proper
standard for adding multiple serial ports and drivers.  I will be adding
_two_ more ports on my machine (via IBM multi-function card and the WEDGE),
and was wondering the proper way to go about it.  If it is up to me, and no
real standard has been drafted, I will just create a WEDGE driver which can
handle COM1: -> COM4:, and use it accordingly.  I want flexibility, so I can
drop that Everex internal 2400 baud modem in later and just Mount COM3: and
be up and running (once I recompile the source to Dave Wecker's vt100
emulator to access a device name (not a unit number) from the init file)

Thanks,
-ethan

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