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>In article <1677@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes:
>In article <scot.5418@amigash.UUCP> scot@amigash.UUCP (Scot L. Harris) writes:
>>>In article <1990Dec12.031552.18139@mtiame.mtia.oz> jep@mtiame.mtia.oz (Jesper Peterson) writes:
>>>In article <scot.5138@amigash.UUCP> scot@amigash.UUCP (Scot L. Harris) writes:
>
>This is true, we grab serial.device, unit 0 which suddenly changed meaning.
>
>
>No way we would have given this impression on purpose. The ScanLab/100
>software cannot and will not support alternative serial devices. This
>is because the software must go to the serial port hardware in order to 
>achieve its sustained throughput. Secondly, the decision to support or
>not support alternative serial ports is *not up to us*.

Sorry, I must have misunderstood.  I was also under the mistaken idea
that ASDG was the driving force behind the release of the JX-100/ScanLab
for the Amiga.  

>Sharp Electronics *who is the exclusive seller of SL/100 in the U.S.*
>has no interest in having to support multiple and diverse serial boards
>on the Amiga. They could not possibly deal with the support issues, which
>means those callers would be refered to ASDG. We certainly have no wish
>to deal with the support issues either especially for the small royalty
>we get for SL/100 in the first place.
>

>Try running the JX-100 at 19,200 baud. Believe me, there isn't enough
>hours in a day to make this speed acceptable.

Ok, then how about simply providing a means to select the unit number?
This would allow those of us with 1.3 or higher to use multiple serial
ports like the A2232 and tell ScanLab to use the internal port (unit 1)
instead of the default port (unit 0).  Those without 1.3 or higher would
just set the unit number to 0, or does the opendevice call in older versions
even do anything with the unit number if it something other than 0?

I would even accept an unoffical/unsupported patch that changed the unit
number pemanetly to unit 1 for my use.  Any chance of getting such a 
patch? 

>Handshake sets the serial baud rate to 0 as part of its initialization. 
>This can easily cause a divide by zero in the clock frequency computation
>in a serial driver. See if the guru is a divide by zero, if so...this
>public service is brought to you by...etc. :-) and let Supra know they
>owe me a beer. But I'll take an external modem instead. ;-0

Very interesting!  Possibly to late however to rescue Supra zi sales.
I know many people in this area that had many problems with the Supras.
I myself opted not to get an internal modem, I held out for a serial port
board and have not regretted the decision one bit.

>-- 
>Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.''
>	UUCP:  {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry
>	CIS:   76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg

Thanks for the quick response!  Also, good job on ADPro!  Very nice!

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