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Article #139Re: Let's create a fast serial port
From: Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 22:25
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 22:25
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yu138240@yorku.ca (Thompson Yip) writes:
>: That sounds like a great idea! I've got a floppy port I'm not
>: using--if I could hook up my modem to it, that would (a) free
>: up my serial port for something else, and (b) reduce CPU usage
>: while downloading by a great deal! (I think it would, anyway ;))
>I think parallel port is more realistic. I really can't figure out how the
>disk drive port handles handshaking.
Yeah, let's make it general....I have two parallel ports that I'm not using.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!portal.com!combdyn!lawrence From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen) Subject: Re: Let's create a fast serial port Message-ID: <1995Nov22.222555.29957@combdyn.com> Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd. References: <486ur1$hpk@unidhp.uni-c.dk> <stoDx*s7a@aargh.incubus.sub.org> <48luuq$7di@harpo.uccs.edu> <48r35p$fi9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <48srij$fsr@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 22:25:55 GMT