Topic: anyone heard of a initio esata card that supplies serial ports? (Read 4215 times)

macStuff · « **on:** May 12, 2019, 12:06:48 PM »

even if this thing doesnt provide os9 BOOT it still looks interesting?
anyone seen this before? are those actual SERIAL PORTS?

refinery · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2019, 04:01:13 PM »

where on earth did you find that??

macStuff · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2019, 05:38:15 PM »

saw it on ebay
lol - nice scsi tag line

not sure if this stuff matches the card above :
http://www.initio.com/Html/INIC-1623TA2.asp
Initio INIC-1623TA2
www.initio.com/Html/Doc/INIC-1623TA2%20PCI%20to%20SATA%20Host%20Adapter%20Product%20Brief.pdf

not sure what im lookin at here ;o
but that document does mention MacOS

Roman78 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2019, 03:49:22 AM »

macStuff · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2019, 07:33:49 AM »

strange they look just like serial ports, maybe the pins are in a opposite configuration?

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