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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial Ports
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Date: 3 Feb 89 04:38:07 GMT
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In article <459@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes:
>It is no secret that ASDG has always provided industrial grade equipment (as
>opposed to consumer grade). And, we've never pretended our hardware products
>were the cheapest, either.

All true.

>But then... we do have the advantage of being first you see. And another
>advantage of high reliability and performance. So there'll be a large
              ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^
>amount of consumer sales of even this product. When these advantages are
>gone (perhaps in 6 to 12 months) we still have our primary customer who
>requires some extra serial ports AND an i/o function that only Twin-X
>can provide.
>So, in summary...sure our serial port solution might be higher in cost
>than some. But then again...its available now...and it works.

For the past month or so, I've had the fortune to work with Perry & Co.,
to finalize and test out support in A-Talk III for the ASDG TwinX-based
multi-serial card.

After testing their card with our software, I can definitely attest to the 
high-reliability and performance of the ASDG multi-serial card.  I have been
able to obtain speeds of over 1200 char/sec with ZMODEM streaming and over
1800 char/sec. with YMODEM-g using a Us Robotics Courier HST and a similarly
equipped 9600 baud BBS.  I've also been able to reliably use kermit at 38,400
baud, currently not possible with the built-in serial device.

I've been an happy customer of ASDG (I own an 8MI) and the performance and
workmanship of the TwinX-based serial card is definitely of the same standards
as all previous ASDG products.

We'll be happy to put any other multi-serial card through the same stress 
testing we put the ASDG one, if offered the opportunity.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'


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