axion serial port switcher good or bad hi i m looking into buying a serial port switcher because while my mac has two serial ports i have appletalk a modem a printer midi and a sound digitizer unfortunately specifically i m looking at the axion electronic switcher because it seems to be fairly cheap about at maczone does anyone know anything about it i ve heard that with most of these things you can still only use serial ports at a time it just prevents you from physically swapping cables although i ve also heard that programs that use the comm toolbox may be able to use as many serial ports as they want does anyone know if this is true with the axion switchbox finally if the axion stinks or if you re using something else that you think is good i d be interested in hearing about other products i would like to spend under if possible please reply through mail i m not a regular reader of this newsgroup if there s interest i can post a summary of replies thanks a lot m scott smith umsmith mcs drexel edu
