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Re: Port splitters

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:00
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Jocelyn Lavin <jocelyn@wardle.NOSPAM.demon.PLEEEASE!.co.uk> wrote:

> I've just bought a MIDI keyboard, and the midi interface has to be plugged
> into either the modem port or the printer port on the Mac. Naturally, I
> already have a modem and a printer plugged into these ports, and was
> resigned to forever unplugging leads, till a PC-owning friend told me about
> port splitters, i.e. devices to enable 2 leads to be plugged into the same
> port. Do such things exist for the Mac, and if so, where could I get one
> and how much might it cost?

I think you can buy gadgets to give you more real serial ports so you
don't even have the hassle of having to switch between devices with a
manual switch.

I don't know any details myself; you might try asking on uk.comp.sys.mac

Rowland.

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