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- From: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.org (Wayne Summer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: GVP multi-port card
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- Message-ID: <wayne.01pt@amtower.spacecoast.org>
- References: <petter.03ak@pnilsen.UUCP> <1992Jul16.150923.18622@cs.hut.fi> <1992Jul19.072155.6069@afterlife.ncsc.mil> <c!cm7l_.davids@netcom.com>
- Reply-To: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 20 Jul 92 18:15:07 EDT
- Organization: Wayne's Machine; Palm Bay, Florida
- Lines: 40
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- In article <c!cm7l_.davids@netcom.com> davids@netcom.com (Dave Schreiber) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul19.072155.6069@afterlife.ncsc.mil> bkwilli@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Bryan Williams) writes:
- > ...
- > >with 4 serial ports (no parallel intended at present since I see less use for it
- > >-- ie, there aren't any digitizes that will work with custom boards' parallel
- > >ports that I am aware of)
- >
- > I may not be able to use my Perfect Sound with a multiport board's parallel
- > port, but presumably I can hook my printer up to it and thus leave the
- > built-in parallel port free for the digitizer, which is just as effective
- > a solution. Considering how overused the Amiga parallel port is, I'm
- > _really_ surprised that a parallel port equipped Zorro II card hasn't
- > appeared before now. Myself, I've got a Perfect Sound, a DCTV, and an
- > HP DeskJet+ (which I'm not going to hook up to a serial port, even though
- > I can, since 75% of the stuff I send to it is in the form of 300dpi bitmaps
- > (from AmigaTeX, Pagestream, etc.), which would take _forever_ to print over
- > a 19.2Kbaud connection). I've only got one modem.
- >
- > I did come across a 2-serial, 2-parallel ZII board while thumbing through
- > the latest Amazing Computing product guide yesterday. I don't remember
- > the name, but it was from a Canadian company and cost $299 (it didn't say
- > if that was U.S. or Canadian $$). I'll probably end up getting that board
- > unless GVP releases their's RSN. If anyone's interested in it, its the only
- > parallel-port equipped board in the guide, so it shouldn't be too hard to
- > find :-|.
- >
- > --
- > Dave Schreiber/davids@netcom.com (until 9/15/92)/"Ask, don't touch"
-
- Just checked the product guide and this board is limited to 19,200 and
- midi (31,250). The board is from Pre'spectTechnics Inc, Canada. So it
- will not be very useful with the newer high-speed modems.
- --
- Wayne
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