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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Appletalk and Serial Ports
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Date: 2 Mar 90 21:14:07 GMT
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jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") writes:

>What is it with the //GS and Appletalk? I am chagrined to discover
>that I cannot use my serial port if I also use Appletalk!

Ahem. You have to plug Appletalk into one of your serial ports. Therefore
you can't use ONE of your serial ports if Appletalk is enabled.

You can still use the other one with no problems.

You can't only set slot 7 to built-in appletalk because the computer
needs to know which serial port (they are essentially identical) to use, and
if both are set to serial port then which one should be used?

Set slot 1 or 2 (whicever you aren't using for the serial port) to Your Card
and plug the AppleTalk thingie into the corresponding port. The control panel
should have given you a message to do that.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu