Network protocols - RS232 Serial

From: M H Stein <mhstein_at_usa.net>
Date: Thu Oct 18 03:44:47 2001

Now that the OT ramblings are dying down, a serious one (sort of):

Anybody have a use for one or more Data Products Inc. NC16/250 NetCommanders (Not to be confused with Diamond's NetCommander ISDN adapter)?

Need to talk to your 15 vintage RS232 systems in the garage from one terminal?
Need to have your single-port computer talk to the 15 terminals throughout your house?
Need to have your 16 computers talk to each other about you while you're away?
And all at the blinding speed of 19200 baud?
Or do you maybe just need another obscure piece of hardware sitting on your mantelpiece?

Then THIS IS THE DEVICE FOR YOU! Original cost SEVERAL 1000 $$'s each!

A 16 port cascadable RS-232 switch/hub/256K buffer, DCE/DTE programmable, allowing each device to talk to any other, either pre-routed or addressable in the datastream header; simultaneous multiple paths possible, even at different baud rates. Software setup (although they'd need 2 new AA NiCads to remember), unfortunately an austere front panel with no pretty blinkenlights.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

If you order right now, I'll throw in your choice of P/S or S/P converter, parallel or serial buffer, auto printer switch or serial or parallel range extender!

Any serious interest? As usual, in the Toronto area, but if ya really can use one of these, unlike the Cromemcos it's almost practical to ship; not very heavy.

Might need a few $$'s though, to cover my time in checking one out and copying the docs, since there's only one copy.

mike
Received on Thu Oct 18 2001 - 03:44:47 BST