Adrian Ives wrote:
> Thanks to Rich Mellor, who managed to source a Hermes chip, I 
> can now confirm that the Ser-USB will work on a standard QL 
> fitted with Hermes at speeds up to 19200 baud.  It is still 
> necessary to load the asynchronous I/O module (the Queue 
> Manager), though.  This takes up an extra 5K of RAM.
Those are great news!

I hope there will be a source for both Hermes and SuperHermes units.

> It had been my intention to withdraw support for the Ser-USB 
> on standard QL hardware, but after receiving some feedback on 
> that, I went back to the code to see if there was anything 
> that could be done to at least create something that was 
> stable enough to be used with some limitations in that environment.
> I believe that effort has been successful; this was the result:
Feedback does count. ;-)

> There will be an announcement at the beginning of May on the 
> availability of the hardware and its pricing, before which I 
> will be in touch with anyone who has already enquired about 
> purchasing a Ser-USB.
I can't wait...

Urs

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