Eliminating the OBM
Daryl Biberdorf
dlb5404 at tamuts.tamu.edu
Sun Mar 3 11:18:37 AEST 1991
In article <1991Mar2.072157.1220 at uncle.uucp> jbm at uncle.uucp (John B. Milton) writes:
>In article <295 at platypus.uofs.edu> bill at platypus.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>Has anyone tried removing the OBM and converting /dev/ph1 to a real TTY?
>
>John Lydic has this one completely worked out, and it does work. With his idea
>you will have to set the baud rate with a dip switch, but hey! I'd do that to
>get another serial port. John has just received an EIA card and he recently
>got a TB, so he will soon become more net-connected.
Does John plan to make the plans for modifying the OBM port available?
I'd be interested in performing this modification to my machine.
>
>BTW, John Lydic has done a lot on something called the "Mondo Combo" card,
> ...
Drool, drool. What is the projected release date for this thing? This
would definitely prolong the life of the 3B1. What kind of price is John
thinking of right now? $100, $5, ? :)
--Daryl Biberdorf, dlb5404@{rigel,tamuts}.tamu.edu
Texas A&M University
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