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Re: Does anyone know how to switch individual serial port lines on/off ?

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From: Rod Sherwin
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 01:56
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m.ballard@chem.csiro.au (Mat Ballard) wrote:
>i need to switch an individual serial port line on and off: ie:
>make pin #1 +5V, and pins #2 - #37 0V.

Did anyone have a sensible answer to this question - or was everyone
too busy pulling apart the semantics of his question.

This type of serial port control is important for device control, and
some people might actually be interested in a serious answer.

Regards,
Rod
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From: cypher@internetnorth.com.au (Rod Sherwin)
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Subject: Re: Does anyone know how to switch individual serial port lines on/off ?
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 01:56:01 GMT
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