Re: A Cost Effective MULTI-SERIAL Device Proposition

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From: Scott Henry
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 19:41

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Hmmm... I can think of a couple of uses for a low-speed (1200bps) output
only serial port.  Like my crufty old 80cps Epson MX-80 printer (if I had
another use for the parallel port), or one of those serial-interfaced X10
controllers, etc.  Why waste a high speed port on a slow peripheral?


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From: scotth@corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry)
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