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Article #6790

Re: Parallel to Serial interface

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From: ONG ENG TENG
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 1991 17:39
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From article <6859@crash.cts.com>, by gordo@pro-gateway.cts.com (Gordon Aikman):
> In-Reply-To: message from kwong@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU
> 
>   You would DEFINATELLY have to buy an interface component. The terms PARALLEL
> and SERIAL should tell you that you have to have a conversion mechanism.

As I mentioned before, we bought a "interface component" for more than
$100 at the office.  It is a piece of trash.  I think the principle of
the "interface component" does not cover anything other than transfer
at A FEW bytes per seconds.  Anyone who have better experience please
tell me I am wrong.
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From: ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Parallel to Serial interface
Message-ID: <1991Jan12.173956.28216@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 91 17:39:56 GMT
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