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From: ccs@lazlo.UUCP (Clifford C. Skolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: That Mondo Combo card I told you about
Keywords: hardware upgrade SCSI RAM serial
Message-ID: <173@lazlo.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 89 07:58:05 GMT
References: <524@uncle.UUCP>
Reply-To: ccs@lazlo.UUCP (Clifford C. Skolnick)
Organization: The Steam Tunnel, Henrietta, NY
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In article <524@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes:
>      Since only two of the eight serial ports will support full RS-232
>      handshaking, we could use 6 DB9S, and that might make room, for
>      some of the modem or radio signals to be brought out.

You could also use modular connectors.  Another sugestion would be a 50
pin connector that goes to a box with all the real connectors.  I've seen
both these used for 386 multi-serial port cards.


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