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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

2915.0. "Post Serials" by OZZAIB::BARRETT (Wait'll they get a load of me) Wed Sep 13 1989 19:52

    There are two manufacturers of serial cards for the Amiga 2000.
    One card has just 2 ports on it and the other has 8. Both have had
    seperate reviews with similar results (multiple port use at 9600+
    baud with transfers renders the mouse and keyboard very slow).
    
    Has anyone compared these two boards to each other? What are the
    pros and cons? I intend to buy one in the near future and haven't
    seen any comparisons. (Just after we've begged for a serial card
    to come out too.)
    
    
    
    I also heard that the IEEE multi-function board has serial ports
    on it, how does this stack up also.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2915.1		ELWOOD::PETERS		`Wed Sep 13 1989 20:24`	21
	"two manufacturers" ?? I know of at least 4 different cards and more comming each day. I own an CMI multiport card. It has 2 serial, 1 parallel, and an optional SCSI port. One serial port has a 8pin Din connector that is Mac compatible and the other port has a 9 pin AT connector. It comes with software that lets you use the CMI board or the Amiga port for PRT: . They also have AppleTalk network software "comming soon" ( it has been shown at trade shows ).The optional SCSI port is a non-DMA simple ( slow ) port. It does come with a auto boot ROM and the standard hard disk utilities. I also looked at the ASDG dual serial port board. It has two serial ports and the same software features as the CMI board. It also cost about 50% more than the CMI board. It did look like it was higher quality. As for the others, I have not had the chance to look at them. Steve Peters
2915.2	Humm...	FINSER::BARRETT	Wait'll they get a load of me	`Thu Sep 14 1989 03:35`	4
	Could we get some comparison reviews (features, problems, price) posted here? I wasn't even aware of the card mentioned in .1 I would like to get 2 or more additional posts for my system, but some of the additional features of some cards are interesting.
2915.3	I Use an ASDG DSB	DICKNS::MACDONALD	WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25	`Thu Sep 14 1989 13:46`	10
	I've been using an ASDG Dual Port serial board in my 2000 for several months now. As a matter of fact, I am running four ports now. I have an internal 2400xi modem from Supra with its own port (which I am on now). I have a Scholar hooked up to the serial port, a Kantronics KAM TNC connected to DSB Port 0 running TCP/IP on 144.91 MHz, and a dualport Kantronics KPC-4 TNC running AX25 Packet on 145.05/223.58 MHz. All this is happening simultaneously (thank god for the fat aggie so I can run all these terminal programs in 8 color mode!!). No probs with the DSB board.
2915.4	And they wonder what multitasking is good for...	ULTRA::KINDEL	Bill Kindel @ BXB1	`Thu Sep 14 1989 15:11`	8
	Re .3: > I have a Scholar hooked up to the serial port, a Kantronics KAM TNC > connected to DSB Port 0 running TCP/IP on 144.91 MHz, and a dualport > Kantronics KPC-4 TNC running AX25 Packet on 145.05/223.58 MHz. All this > is happening simultaneously. I am TRULY impressed!
2915.5	From CBM, too	FRAMBO::BALZER	Christian Balzer DTN:785-1029	`Thu Sep 14 1989 15:41`	10
	And there's the A2232, a seven port serial card from CBM (yet to be released). It features it's own 6502 CPU and some RAM, to offload the Amiga. The ports are driven by standard chips so they range from 300 to 19200 bps. This sucker is mostly targeted for the AMIX environment... Regards, <CB>