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Subject: Re: Connecting 8-bits and ST's
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Date: 26 Apr 88 21:09:45 GMT
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In article <1016@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> rankinp@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Peter Rankin) writes:
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>Has anyone out  there ever used an ST as a file  server for an 8bit machine?

This is not impossible.  There has already been a program/cable between the
two machines via the rs232.  I think one possibility could be the midi ports.
If they could be reduced to 19.2Kbaud and connected to the 8-bit serial port,
they could emulate one helluva drive.
BTW, this is a takeoff on Bits and Peices from ANALOG, where they are telling
how to turn an 8-bit into a printer buffer for an 8-bit.
imagine...


        :drive 1: :modem:->-:bbs:  :plotter off R2:
         |	   |		    |
   :800:-+---------+----------------+----user 1
         |         |		    |
         |        :?:             :400 Pbuff:---+--+--+--user 3
         |				    
	 |	   :drives galore:    :?:
	 |	    |		       |
       :st Drive 2:-+------------------+-----------user 2
                    |
                  :modem:->-:unix system:
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