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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Serial Port Board (Less Expensive)
Message-ID: <15518@oberon.USC.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 89 23:10:23 GMT
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In article <503@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes:
> [....]
>You spoke, we listened.

You sure did, Perry.

>At AmiExpo in New York, March 3 thru 5, we will take orders on our response
>to  your  views:  The DSP (Dual Serial Board).  The list price is $299.
>[...]
>The board contains two independent serial ports which can be programmed for
>operation  at  up  to  78.6KBaud.   The  board (which fits in a single slot
>including  rear connector mounting) comes out with 2 DB-9 ``AT'' compatible
>ports [...]
>The  board comes with our fully serial.device compatible driver and our own
>recently  completed  DOS  handlers  (it  was  nice to run our laser printer
>through  Professional  Page  on  port  5).   The  board will also come with
>several new versions of shareware and public domain communications software
>which have been modified to support multiple/alternative lines.

Needless to say that A-Talk III Release 1.1 will work with the DSP right off
the box.

>Thanks for prodding us to build this product.  We think affordable multiple
>serial  ports  has  finally  arrived.  At half the price (or less) than our
>previous  solution (which is still available for industrial users) we think
>we've responded to your needs.

I am surely surprised by the quick timing of your response.  Making multiple
serial ports finally affordable, fills one of the gaps that the Amiga suffered
compared to the P-Cees.  I hope everyone is satisfied.

Perry, how about a few details on the DSP design (UART chips used, buffering, 
etc...).  Can I expect the same performance as with the TwinX-based serial 
card?

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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