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- From: bjp@thymaster.interaccess.com (J. Poag)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: walker serial port
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 20:47:13 GMT
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- NEW COLLEGE (bs05@cityscape.co.uk) wrote:
- : The specs of the walker show it has an enhanced parallel port, but what
- : about the serial? will we be able to relaiably take it above 38k?
- : Also the specs say it might have another tiny bus for add-ons such as
- : samplers. GREAT IDEA!! but how about 5 or six of them? it would'nt take up
- : that much room and means you don`t have to take up any precious ports for
- : tiny expansions. Just a breakout of a 8-bit bus (say from CIA 2nd serial
- : port space) with some multiplexing would be great.
-
- The Walker wont have a standard serial p.
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- The Walker will use the Centronics RS232C interface the Commodore 64
- used, since there are so many C= 1670 1200 baud modems out there. It
- would cost more to put a normal serial port in there.
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