[svlug] PPP connection

[Seth David Schoen]

Rick Moen writes:

> Quoting Jonathan Jefferies (jonathanj at allant.com):
> 
> [stuff about serial ports]
> 
> People who have fully used their existing serial ports are rare,
> but do exist.

I could do it:

- internal modem ("I got better")
- iButton Blue Dot Receptor
- Palm3 cradle
- PalmPilot cradle (for visiting friends who lack Palm3)
- Ricochet modem (now and then)
- Matrox Orbital LCD display
- another Matrox Orbital LCD display
- serial mouse (occasionally)

This neglects the fact that I want to make a serial interface to external TTL
devices so that I can play with robotics, data acquisition, and other fun
stuff.  Counting a serial port for such an I/O interface, I'd need nine
serial ports to plug everything in at once.

I guess this is what, in the absence of multiport boards, lots of 386
machines with 16550s and Ethernet are for. :-)

> Cheaper <> cost-effective.

Wow, I haven't seen that symbol in a while.

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   Seth David Schoen L&S '01 (undeclared) / schoen at uclink4.berkeley.edu
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