Subject: Re: Multpile serial port adapter on 425?
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Joel N. Weber II <devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
List: port-hp300
Date: 07/12/1997 03:37:31 
   Reply-To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
   From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
   Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:06:43 -0700

   The keyboard port is essentially useless for anything but the keyboard,
   mostly since it lacks modem control lines.  Thus there are only really
   3 apci serial ports...

Maybe I'm missing something, but you can probably run a dumb terminal
without modem control lines.