Re: Dual Serial port
> As far as I understand a regular 25 pin serial port has 2 serial ports
> built-in on one chip. All serial lines which are needed for most
> communitcation devices (TxD RTS DTR RxD CTS DSR DCD RI) are doubled!
> The secondary ones are almost completely specified by the RS232
> (STxD SRTS SDTR SRxD SCTS SDCD) one would need to choose SDSR and SRI and
> I think that is possible with some pins left.
Errr, I think this applies to SPARC serial ports, not PC. My fossil of
a SPARCclassic has one of those weirdo serial ports, and uses a Y-cable
for connecting it to up to two serial devices.
Just my $0.02.
Mike Pfleger
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Where are they hiding?
"Yashar" -Cabaret Voltaire (off of "2x45")
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