[Duo2400] weird serial port on duo 280c

[nathan]

 I run FreePPP under OS 7.6.1 on my 280c connecting to a 56k US Robotics
modem with no problems. Albeit even with iCab 2.9.8 for 68k I had to specify
at least 2 DNS entries for my ISP..

HTH,
-nathan


On 7/10/04 9:15 AM, "Samual Acorn" <sam_acorn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> as a PC user the standard (and always the same) 9pin
> RS232 port on a PC is 'normal' to me.. but the port on
> this mac... thats a different story... according to a
> document i found on the web pins 1 & 2 should be
> hardware handshake... but on this 280c they dont seem
> to work.. is this true? or have i got a flaky driver?
> (i cant get the port to open in 'hardware handshake'
> mode) i read somewhere that the 128K and 512K (i think
> thats the right number) macs had their HSKo pin held
> high by tying it through a resistor to the powersupply
> (cute). i dont mean to offend any mac users but apple
> would have done well to be consistant with their
> design (in other words they should have -all-
> supported hardware handshake .. either that or have
> never supported it at all)
> thank you
> 
> --sam
> 
> 
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