Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!aaron
From: aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multiple Serial Ports (Re: vt100 v2.9)
Message-ID: <360@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 89 09:41:43 GMT
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Reply-To: aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery)
Organization: ASDG Incorporated
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In article <554@sunkisd.CS.Concordia.CA> boom@concour.CS.Concordia.CA (Hendrik J. Boom) writes:
>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.

I agree with this to a certain extent. We do, however, need multiple serial
ports for the Amiga. Hopefully, that need will soon be taken care of by us
(ASDG) and others.
     As for cheap networking, X.25 would be one way to go. I seem to recall
that X.25 is a bit-synchronous hardware interface. The amiga already has one
of these built in (two, counting the keyboard). This would eliminate the need
for additional hardware (unless you want to use your parallel port), but the
software requirements would be great. Another cheap standard to think about
is AppleTalk, which will probably be possible using some of the serial ports
coming out soon.

Aaron

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