#: 7850 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    28-Oct-90  16:50:36
Sb: #7840-#Atari-ST file transfer
Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
To: David Betz 76704,47 (X)

No, you shouldn't need to iniz a device before using it.  Just using it does
that for you.  When you stop using it, it deiniz's automatically.

Most OS9 ports are extremely robust.  This one was just a bit strange in birth.
The original ST port was a 3td party strange-o thingie (I think the latest
version from MW is much changed - not sure about that), which used some of the
ST ROM code.  I haven't used its serial port that much myself, while some
others do so all the time (for remote logins).

But yes, there seems to be a problem in the way the driver terminates itself
(this is a casual guess). I don't know if anyone has tracked it down. Carl
Kreider might know, or the guys down at Florida State music department.  I'll
ask around; and/or find someone to look at it.

No idea if the Megas had heat problems, altho I often hear that many STs need
to have all the chips pushed down in their sockets once in a while. The ST I
use does have a Supra HD heat problem... I have to warm it up for ten minutes
before using it.  The ST workmanship was one reason for building the new 68K
machines instead of using those already out there.  best - kev

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