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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: More dongles
Message-ID: <462@timeinc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 22:56:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: timeinc.462
Posted: Fri Aug 23 22:56:07 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:13:32 EDT
References: <53500017@trsvax> <225@omen.UUCP>
Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Organization: Time Inc. (Edit Tech), New York
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Summary: 

In article <225@omen.UUCP> @.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:
>In article <53500017@trsvax> gordon@trsvax writes:
>
>If each dongle delays the serial data several character times, cascading
>enough of the buggers will make a good serial memory!  At 1200 bps, 500
>dongles with 4 characters of storage each (2000 total) would cause a
>delay greater than 16 seonds.  This would make the serial port virtually
>useless for communications.
>

But think what a nifty volatile memory device it would make! :-)

Memory?  I don' need no stinkin' memory! I got cascaded dongles!


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