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Re: Personal Co-location Registry


From: Simon Lockhart <simon.lockhart () bbc co uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:28:29 +0000


On Mon Mar 22, 2004 at 12:11:04PM +0000, Michael.Dillon () radianz com wrote:
One serial port is for a daisy-chained
serial bus that can allow one control module to talk 
to other boxen. 

Personally, I have a major dislike for daisy-chained control buses like this.
All it needs is one box at the start of the bus to go bad and you've lost
control all the other boxes on the bus.

Simon
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