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Re: A multiport serial board would be nice...



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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