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        MORE COM-PORTS??
 
        Does anyone know how one could possibly have
        more than 4 Com-ports in one computer? I've an 286
        machine running under Ms-dos 5.0 and as far as I
        understand the operating system sets the limit.
        
        I have to connect:
        1)      printer (my printer doesn't have parallel)
        2)      mouse
        3)      telephone modem *)
        4)      packet radio modem
        5)      RTTY-modem
                
                *) this goes to an expansion card slot but
                still takes one interrupt address
 
        Could there be some special device driver which would
        permit more ports in expansion cards? I don't quite
        like the idea of a big switch  for some external
        devices -  even if I don't have to have all of them
        connected and running the 
 
                thanks,
                                Mika OH1NZQ



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