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Back then there were dedicated boards with large numbers of serial ports. These days you can get PCI(e) serial boards with, say, 16 serial ports. Personally, I
by johnklos 3y ago
Back then there were dedicated boards with large numbers of serial ports. These days you can get PCI(e) serial boards with, say, 16 serial ports.
Personally, I'm using a Commodore A2232 seven port serial board in my Amiga 4000, which has its own 65CE02 CPU to offload work from the main CPU.
- icedchai 3y agoWhat are you using it for? When I was a teenager, I dreamed of getting one of those boards so I could have a multi-line BBS on my Amiga!
- johnklos 3y agoI use it to have serial consoles on a number of other machines for remote administration. The sessions get started automatically on boot with tmux and cu, so it's very convenient and easy - much easier than having a ton of USB-serial adapters hanging off of a newer machine.