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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1164 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:28:32 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!Germany.EU.net!bs From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: I need a /dev/com3 !!! Date: 12 Feb 1993 14:57:08 GMT Organization: EUnet Backbone, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1lgds4$rg6@Germany.EU.net> References: <1993Feb8.170954.25245@vlsi.polymtl.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: walhalla.germany.eu.net In article <1993Feb8.170954.25245@vlsi.polymtl.ca>, lancio@shockley (Robert Lanciault) writes: > I just want to know if it is possible to have a third > serial communication port. And what it has to be done to have one. Yes, it is possible. Get a third port, re-jumper it so you don't get ioport or irq conflicts, attach it to your computer. Re-compile kernel (if you are talking about 386bsd, simply add the definition to your configuration file) BTW I'm running four serial lines plus two (irq-less) parallel lines on my computer... -Bernard