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From: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Handshake not 2400zi compatible? (please change topic names!)
Message-ID: <25e33ef5:4536.6comp.sys.amiga;1@tronsbox.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 90 03:00:22 GMT
References: <QZn77N600WB6A3MmMA@andrew.cmu.edu> <90050.120651JKT100@psuvm.psu.e
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>  Resp: 5 of 5 by *Masked* at psuvm.psu.edu
>Author: [JKT]
>  Date: Wed Feb 21 1990 19:22 
>In article <1115@madnix.UUCP>, perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) says:
>>In article <25d7ad03:4536.2@tronsbox.UUCP> tron1@tronsbox.uucp writes:
>>>
>>>WHAT A LOAD OF TRASH. It is >HANDSHAKES< FAULT. Look, I'd be the first
>>>to admit that the serial device interface needs work for multi-serial
>>>cards, but don't get carried away.
>>>
>>>>IF< The folks that had done handshake had done it "right", the Supra
>>>conversion program would work and all would be fine in the world.
>>
>>Actually, HandShake works just fine with a number of third party serial
>>drivers (excepting Supra's). I think you owe Eric Haberfellner an apology.
>>pk


Let me clarify one point here.

I DO >NOT< blame any programmer that makes the normal AmigaDos calls to
"serial.device" for the problems with internal modems. That is Commodore for
not taking multiple serial ports into account.... 

But going to HARDWARE is indefensible.

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