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From: boom@concour.CS.Concordia.CA (Hendrik J. Boom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multiple Serial Ports (Re: vt100 v2.9)
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Date: 7 Jan 89 11:43:13 GMT
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What we really need is not multiple serial ports for the Amiga, but an
X25 packet-mode port and affordable X.25 service from the carriers.
X.25 calls are packetized and error-checked, follow international
standards, and multiple calls can go over a single physical connexion
simultaneously.