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People,

Earlier, I posted a request for information on serial boards for the
Macintosh. As a result of the responses I received, I purchased a
CommCard from Taniwha Systems in Berkeley, California. I am quite
happy with the CommCard as it adds 4 additional configurable serial
ports to my Macintosh IIfx.

However, all is not well. Whereas applications like Versaterm and UMail
work very well with the CommCard, many (in fact the vast majority of
Macintosh applications) are difficult, at best, to use with a serial
card. Please note: _This_ _is_ _NOT_ _a_ _problem_ _with_ _CommCard_.

It seems that a vast majority of Macintosh applications assume that the
only serial ports available are the traditional "modem" and "printer"
ports. Newer applications, e.g., the latest version of Versaterm, allow
you to select from any currently available serial port -- _including_
_any_ _additional_ _ports_ _made_ _available_ _on _serial_ _cards_.

This message is a plea to all Macintosh product vendors. Please realize
that it is now possible, and has been possible for some time, for Macs
to have more than the standard two default serial ports. Please do what
you can to allow users to have the possibility of choosing other
ports.

				-- Ed Berard

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Edward V. Berard                                | Phone: (301) 353-9652
Berard Software Engineering, Inc.               | FAX:   (301) 353-9272
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