From: Daniel Padilla (daniel.padilla_at_wanadoo.es)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 11:31:44 PDT
It's possible to do. I never got to make a board, but i've been able to
use both ports.
But you'd need more than a couple of dongles. One of the ports needs a
serial driver, either a localtalk or RS-232 chip.
Daniel Padilla
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Wilson <marchie_at_mac.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: [NTLK] 2 serial port dongle?
>
> I'm not the MOST electronically inclined, but I have this question:
>
> From what I've read about The Dongle and the IC port on the 2x00 Newts,
the IC port can ope3rate 2 serial ports.
>
> So if I get a couple extra dongles, and remove the IC connector from them,
can I wire in 2 serial ports according to the pinouts, and have a larger
dongle with, say, a MiniDin and a DB9 port?
>
> And what about Power? Audio? I've read all the sites about Audio dongles,
and I'm pretty durn sure that my dad and I can pull that off... why not a
BIG dongle, that I just never take out, with all the ports?
>
> ~Donald
>
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