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From: dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial cards
Summary: me too
Message-ID: <3472@utastro.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 88 23:03:31 GMT
References: <7858@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <304@antares.UUCP>
Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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In article <304@antares.UUCP>, pnelson@antares.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes:
> In article <7858@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> bennete@romana.cs.orst.edu (Erik J. Bennett) writes:
> >Is anyone making serial cards for the Amiga?  I've seen none.  Why is
> >that?  Is there something funny about the amiga that makes this difficult?
> >
[Many good comments deleted]

> I want everyone to know,
> there is at least one customer out here (me) ready to put down hard cash at
> my local computer store for a serial card which I can use to run a 2nd comm
> program on. 
> 
> >
> >-Erik
> >bennete@romana.cs.orst.edu
> -- 
> Phil Nelson at (but not speaking for)
> Tymnet, McDonnell Douglas Network Systems Company      POTS:408-922-7508
> UUCP:{ames|pyramid}oliveb!tymix!antares!pnelson   LRV: Component Station

Well that makes three of us. It would be very nice to be able to use
the existing serial port for a modem link and have an extra port for
controlling some other device (CCD camera, stepping motors, etc).  
I've got a Bridgeboard and I had considered getting a serial card for
it, but I'd rather have one on the Amiga side, or maybe both 8-)


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