serial port buffers

From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
Date: Fri Apr 3 01:07:54 1998

On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, John Rollins wrote:

> I guess this is a little off-topic, but I'm not exactly sure where to ask
> about this... Anyone know anything about the Intellicom Mega-Link four port
> buffer? Four buttons and six LED's on the front, a row of eight 256k RAM
> chips and three rows of sockets for more RAM, and the three DB-25 and a
> 36-pin centronics connector on the back. Any ideas on how to hook it up?
> I'm gessing there was either a special cable for it(centronics to serial
> port) or maybe it was designed to attach to a serial port card or
> something...

Sounds like a printer buffer/share device. Many used to be used to share
a printer using the mode command to change your printer to a serial port
and then when you printed - it stored it if someone else was already using
the printer. Some used buttons and some used special codes to switch the
active input port.

BC
Received on Fri Apr 03 1998 - 01:07:54 BST

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