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In article <B1CDAEA396685B9D9@wardle.demon.co.uk>,
jocelyn@wardle.NOSPAM.demon.PLEEEASE!.co.uk (Jocelyn Lavin) wrote:

>Subject: Port splitters
>From: Jocelyn Lavin
>Organization: Rydings Special School, Rochdale
>Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:06:59 +0100
>Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac
>
>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?
>
>

Hi
I have a PalmPilot and there was some info on a device called a PortDoubler for the Mac
supplied with it.
I followed this up through their web site and for whatever reasons they told me they were
unable to supply outside of North America.  
The Company is called Momentum Inc 1-888-671-4111
Phone 808-947-0055  Fax 808-947-0066
email - sales@momentuminc.net
I'm not sure of the accuracy of that info - you could always try contacting them via the
PalmPilot web page at
www.palmpilot.uk.co
or
http://www.palm-europe.com/uk/index.htm
The latter may be best as I believe they are now based in Amsterdam

I was in Texas a few weeks later and found one in a good Mac shop - sorry can't remember
the name.  It was about $35.
It plugs into the serial port and has an extension that fires up and works very well sharing
with my modem.  When I want to use the PalmPilot synch I switch it on, when I've finished I
switch the synching off.  The modem then uses the port without any problems switching
between the two.
I have heard of others having problems - I have not had any. I use a 200Mz 4400 with 3Gb
Hd, 8.0
Hope the above is of some use.
regards
Steve Switzer