Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!killer!elg
From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Zorro origin, multi-RS232 port
Message-ID: <6427@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 14 Dec 88 07:50:01 GMT
Reply-To: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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A friend asks: what is the origin of the designation "Zorro" for the
Amiga bus?

I ask: Is there a cheap multi-serial adaptor, preferably that can be
plugged into the printer port? It'd be nice to be able to run a
multi-line BBS... but I'm sure not going to use an A-2000 for it (talk
about sucking the guts out of a machine, performance-wise! If it has
to be a dedicated machine, which it does, use an A-500...).

I've heard about the ASDG card. I'm sure it's great, but I'm not a
millionaire.

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Eric Lee Green    ..!{ames,decwrl,mit-eddie,osu-cis}!killer!elg
          Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 Lafayette, LA 70509              
 >> 			In Hell they run VMS.
 > No.  In Hell, they run MS-DOS.  And you only get 256k.