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From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial Ports
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Date: 27 Jan 89 21:51:58 GMT
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hah@inteloa.intel.com (Hans A. Hansen) writes:
>...
> Port count is determined in
> the MountList, looking at unused ports is a waste of system resources.
>...

What does this mean?  I certainly hope you can use varying #'s of
ports without incurring a huge penalty for ports that aren't being
used, but are available for immediate use...

Could you expand on this?

-Miles