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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Serial ports
Message-ID: <46100241@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 88 21:42:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr    Dec  4 15:42:00 1988


phil@Apple.COM(Phile Ronzone) writes in comp.sys.mac

>In article <362@lakart.UUCP> fgz@lakart.UUCP (Fred Genoese-Zerbi) writes:
>>I am working on a system that would need several (more than two) serial
>>ports, and would like to base it on the macintosh.  I seem to remember
>>some time ago hearing about a company that was selling Mac II serial
>>port cards.  Are these out on the market?  Does anybody know the name
>>of the company that makes them, or other companies that make similar ...
>
>SuperMac in Mt. View CA makes a 4 port serial card. I believe they
>are selling it for around $500.

	Please note that Apple has NOT YET defined a way for communications software
to access more than the two standard serial ports.  If you are writing your won
software to access the cards, then you will be O.K., but you will only work with
that particular brand of card, and not others..
	Just some info to keep in mind.

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