Re: Mac <-> NeXT communication

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From: Sam Goldberger
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 06:49

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bugs@atlantis.uucp (Dan Berry) writes:

>Not to mention that just running one of the NeXT's serial ports hogs about 20
>to 40% of the CPU time... it seems that there's no specialized IO to handle the
>serial ports and pesters the 68040 like a hungry mosquito on a hot summer day

Those Canucks have a great way with words!

Meanwhile (in a blatantly self-serving plug), Spherical's Enhanced
Processing Board (you may remember, the second board in the cube
to serve as an OD driver) offers two more serial ports, and allows
you to offload your serial I/0 from your main CPU to the slave.
It won't, of course, break the speed barrier.

We'll be posting "real soon now" about availability, pending resolution
of software licensing and other issues. Keep the cards and letters
coming.

Sam
sphere@netcom.com

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Subject: Re: Mac <-> NeXT communication
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 06:49:33 GMT
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