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Re: A multiport serial board would be nice...
- Subject: Re: A multiport serial board would be nice...
- From: bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar)
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 12:38:44 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
- References: <368hao$70n@zircon.cs.uow.edu.au> <36el4s$99a@newsbf01.news.aol.com>
walkera1@aol.com (Walker A1) writes:
>Call Creative Solutions (301/984-0262) and ask for information on their
>Hurdler SCSI External Quad Serial (SEQS) interface. This is a SCSI device
>with four Mini-DIN 8 serial ports. They include Macintosh drivers, but it
>should be possible to write IIGS drivers for it since it IS a SCSI device.
> It costs about $500 and includes dual on-board 68008 microprocessors and
>buffering circuitry. The box itself does flow control so the host doesn't
>have to.
>Why re-invent the wheel?
Because $500 is amighty pricey wheel, Walker! :-)
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