1 Nov
2018
1 Nov
'18
11:38 a.m.
On 11/1/18 11:28 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 11/01/2018 12:22 PM, Fred Cisin 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.
--Chuck
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 drawing
tablet, serial X10 controller, serial VOTRAX, logging of UPS, etc.
I absolutely agree that such bests of peripherally connected systems
exist.? I would be shocked to hear that "every PC in the office" was
equipped as such.
I do wonder how well software that used said peripherals dealt with COM
ports above 4.