mlknol@cs.vu.nl (Knol Marcel L) (03/12/91)
Hello outthere, I have an Amiga B2000 with a modem, connected to the serial port. Now I want to connect an IBM PS2/30 to a second serial port. Can someone give me advice on a good board and its price. Are there any limitations or problems that could occur? Can someone describe the null-modem cable I need? Thanks in advance, Marcel Knol -- Marcel Knol, ...!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!mlknol Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, <mlknol@cs.vu.nl> Department of mathematics and computer science, The Netherlands.
stevef@bug.UUCP (Steven R Fordyce) (03/14/91)
In article <9280@star.cs.vu.nl> mlknol@cs.vu.nl (Knol Marcel L) writes: > I have an Amiga B2000 with a modem, connected to the >serial port. Now I want to connect an IBM PS2/30 to a second >serial port. Can someone give me advice on a good board and >its price. One option is the MultiPort board from DigiFeX. The MultiPort board adds the following to an Amiga 2000 or 3000: A printer port An RS232 port on a 9 pin DIN An RS422 port on an 8 pin mini DIN Optionally ($50 extra), a SCSI hard disk controller The printer port is meant to free up the Amiga's parallel port for things other than printers, like digitizers. The RS232 port has the same pinout as a standard AT serial port. The RS422 port can be used as a serial port (it has the same pinout as a Mac and takes the same cables) or with DigiFeX's Interact software ($80) can be used to network Amiga's on an AppleTalk compatible network. The SCSI controller is one of the fastest 8 bit transfer controllers available for the Amiga. The MultiPort board costs $250 (U.S.). If it is not already obvious, yes I work for DigiFeX. Steven R Fordyce uunet!sequent!ether!stevef DigiFeX, 610 Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon 97062, USA For customer service or orders, call (503)656-8818, FAX (503)656-8903