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From: new@udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Come on PEOPLE...
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Date: 14 Feb 90 17:04:23 GMT
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In article <13570019@hpspdra.HP.COM> ric@hpspdra.HP.COM (Ric Peregrino) writes:
>Concerning the serial port. I have an Amiga 2000 and more importantly I have
>the hardware manual. In the manual you'll find the information needed to
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>interface to the serial port.

Ack! Yuck! Don't do this!   What do you think this is, CP/M?  :-) :-)

Actually, I just grabbed the source for VT100r29 from xanth.cs.odu.edu.
It looks like this will answer all your questions about doing I/O
to the serial port, including multi-port boards and such.
I you go direct to the hardware, neither multiport boards nore 
port-on-a-card boards can be used. Also, other programs won't know
you are using the port, and preferences won't automatically configure
it for you.   Really, check out the VT100 sources.  -- Darren