Subj : Re: hey i am on a 286 any
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Dr. What
Date : Fri Jan 24 2025 08:43 am

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dr. What <=-

 pF> I realized that these terminals had two serial ports and a key to
 pF> toggle between them. I could run a modem to one port, the computer to
 pF> the other, and use the toggle key as a "boss key" when I was connected
 pF> to a BBS. It worked until he noticed the lights on the modem
 pF> blinking...

Interesting.  I've never seen a terminal with 2 full serial ports.

The only ones I've seen had 1 full serial port and if they had a second port,
it was a one-way serial port for a serial printer.


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