klg@flash.UUCP (Kevin L. Gross) (04/03/91)
Freind of mine asked me this question, he has no access to the net, so
please send email either directly to him or to myself. Thanks for any
information.
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SENT 03-27-91 FROM NEUMEISTER_PAUL @ORCA
Hi there!
My mother has an Amiga 2000 with the 8086 Bridge board to make the Amiga
XT compatible. The problem is, she'd like to use the Amiga serial port
to go to her Diable 630 SERIAL printer.
Does anybody know how to do that?
Thanks!
Paul
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-Gary Larsondavem@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Dave K. Martin) (04/06/91)
It is my understanding that you can use a serial I/O card for an XT in one of the XT/AT slots in the A-2000. You would have to use a switch to use the printer on the Amiga. If this is incorrect information, please let me know as I plan to buy a serial card in the near furture to use with a 2088 Bridgeboard. Any recomendations for brand, features, etc? I need it for use with a modem. davem
dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) (04/09/91)
>It is my understanding that you can use a serial I/O card for an XT >in one of the XT/AT slots in the A-2000. You would have to use a >switch to use the printer on the Amiga. I'm not quite sure what you are asking here, but, you can use an IBM- compatible serial port card with the BB. As for printers, you can have the Amiga "lend" it's parallel port to the BB as LPT1:, then take it back. It can be used only by one processor at a time, but, by either one, so a parallel printer could be used without a hardware switch. >Any recomendations for brand, features, etc? I need it for use with >a modem. Two thoughts. WHY put the modem on the PC side? The PC is not able to multitask. Put the modem on the Amiga side, either on the built-in or on an expansion board (I have the C= 7-port; runs REALLY nicely). You can still make the files available to the PC. However, if you still need the serial port on the PC side, I'd get something like an old QuadRAM GOLD, which had a couple of serial ports, a parallel port, and room for some 64K chips to bring the BB to 640K. I'm sure other PC add-ons will work, also. For that matter, if this is a dedicated operation, just get a PC modem board. They're usually cheaper than externals, anyway, and you won't have to buy the board. Dan Taylor * My opinions, not NCR's *