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From: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial cards
Summary: multiple high-speed lines
Message-ID: <309@antares.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 06:57:04 GMT
References: <7858@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <304@antares.UUCP>
Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Organization: Tymnet QSATS, San Jose CA
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In article <304@antares.UUCP> pnelson@antares.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes:
> Commodore; I think you should be selling a comm
>card, 2 ports would be nice, with standard device drivers which allow the
>user to run multiple comm programs.
>
>Please note - I am not advocating multi-user here, even without considering
>multi user there are plenty of reasons for needing a 2nd (at least) port.
>For example: suppose I want to run a midi device while doing a download?

My hardware wishes: an expansion card with 2 serial ports and a midi port,
with FIFOs and on-board intelligence so that 31 kbaud midi and 38.4 baud
RS232 won't loose data even when the 68K does Forbid(), Disble(), etc.

My software wishes: The ability to drive all 3 of my printers, simultaneously,
from different tasks.  And something like:

	SetDev COM: = SER0:DNET/38400baud	(modem to Unix server)
	SetDev PRT0: = PAR:Xerox-4020		(color printer)
	SetDev PRT1: = SER1:LA50/4800baud	(dot matrix, draft qual)
	SetDev PRT2: = SER2:AJ830/300baud	(daisy wheel, letter qual)
	SetDev MIDI: = SER3:MIDI/31250baud	(music instrument)
	SetDev PRT: = PRT0:			(default for older programs)
	SetDev SER: = SER1:			(default for older programs)

The last two lines are so that programs that don't know about multiple
printers/serial-ports can go to other than device 0.
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