On 11/1/18 5:40 PM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote:
> somewhere we have a bunch of ISA cards that are like the
> ports on my hp time share system just not 16 ports...I seem to
> remember between 4 and 8... and they were for a PC type
> machine of course with the ISA ports.
somewhere we have a bunch of ISA cards that are like the ports on my
hp time share system just not 16 ports...I seem to remember between 4
and 8... and they were for a PC type machine of course with the
ISA ports. Although seen years ago I think I rememb
On 2018-11-01 14:28, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 11/01/2018 12:22 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>> A modem,
>> serial mouse,
>> serial printer,
>> serial "RS232" scanner, external drive (yes, they existed), serial
>> control of CD cchanger (consider Kubik 240 disc carousel (SCSI, but
>>
A modem,
serial mouse,
serial printer,
serial "RS232" scanner, external drive (yes, they existed), serial control
of CD changer (consider Kubik 240 disc carousel (SCSI, but serial disc
change control)), serial EPROM programmer, serial drawing tablet, serial
X10 controller, serial VOTRAX, loggin
On 11/01/2018 12:38 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Generally, the software that dealt with that used its own configuration
mechanism, as there's only room for 4 COM ports in the BIOS RAM area.
That's what I suspected.
I'm referring to the client applications (not) knowing how to access COM5
On 11/1/18 11:28 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 11/01/2018 12:22 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>> A modem,
>> serial mouse,
>> serial printer,
>> serial "RS232" scanner, external drive (yes, they existed), serial
>> control of CD cchanger (consider Kubik 240 disc carousel (SCSI, but
>>
On 11/01/2018 12:22 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
A modem,
serial mouse,
serial printer,
serial "RS232" scanner, external drive (yes, they existed), serial
control of CD cchanger (consider Kubik 240 disc carousel (SCSI, but
serial disc change control)), serial EPROM programmer, serial drawin
We had those in every PC in the office.
Made PCs suddenly useful ;-)
Can I ask what you were doing that needed more than two serial ports?
Especially "every PC in the office".
A modem,
serial mouse,
serial printer,
serial "RS232" scanner, external drive (yes, they existed), serial control
of C
A company i worked for bought a small healthcare "utilization review" company
in the @1983 and they had 5 pc's with just that configuration with contractor
written software. We replaced it with a Microvax II.
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On Nov 1, 2018, at 10:29, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>> We h
On 11/01/2018 11:29 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
You put one into each of five computers, then you arrange them in a
pentagram, with ten null-modem cables.
I wondered if you were going to make a (full) mesh of the computers.
Where full is dependent on the number of computers.
Then you write softwa
On 2018-11-01 12:14, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 11/01/2018 06:09 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
>> We had those in every PC in the office.
>>
>> Made PCs suddenly useful ;-)
>
> Can I ask what you were doing that needed more than two serial ports?
> Especially "every PC in the off
We had those in every PC in the office.
Made PCs suddenly useful ;-)
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
Can I ask what you were doing that needed more than two serial ports?
Especially "every PC in the office".
I can see a few special purpose computers. But I can't imagine a us
On 11/01/2018 06:09 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
We had those in every PC in the office.
Made PCs suddenly useful ;-)
Can I ask what you were doing that needed more than two serial ports?
Especially "every PC in the office".
I can see a few special purpose computers. But I can't
On 2018-10-31 18:25, Tom Manos via cctalk wrote:
> I have a couple of these as well. The one to have way back when was made by
> AST. It had 4 16550 UARTS and could run them all at whatever speed you
> wanted.
>
> There was even a public domain program/device driver for it, for UNIX on
> x86 calle
I have a couple of these as well. The one to have way back when was made by
AST. It had 4 16550 UARTS and could run them all at whatever speed you
wanted.
There was even a public domain program/device driver for it, for UNIX on
x86 called FAS (Final Async Solution) that worked very well. I still h
hi guys
I have an ISA8bit card with four UART chip on it, and the special cable.
it comes with the original manual and a floppy (5.25") with drivers
for XENIX and DOS, etc
it was used for BBS, and I am willing to sell since it's not in use
it's located in Italy (where my parents live), I can ship
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