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Re: Amiga 2 Amiga Serial link?
« on: January 29, 2014, 03:50:14 AM »
The requests for this list seem to come up fairly regularly.  I think i remember someone posting a comprehensive list (in the forums) of serial linked games in the past.  Does anyone have a link?  

This is one of those things that would benefit from being cataloged in a more accessable place other than a forum.  ;)  Things get buried and forgotten over time.

EDIT:  OK, AndyFC's link is pretty good.  I should have read all the links first.  I still think I remember a different list, though.
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Re: Amiga 2 Amiga Serial link?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2014, 11:14:20 PM »
Quote from: carvedeye;758280
What else can you do with serial linked amiga's other than playing linked games?

Really, the parallel port is the more useful of the 2, faster transfers, sound samplers, MasPlayer (for Mp3s), video peripherals, etc.  There was even an Oscilloscope app for it.

The only other use I can remember for the serial port aside from a null modem or a real modem was printing.  I believe the OS came with several serial printer drivers.  Of course, before high speed net, the serial port was THE way to download software and talk to other computers.  I was still using a 56K modem on my A3000 for WWW until about 2008.  Come to think about it, I did use the serial port to synchronize a Palm to my Amiga.
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