Re: Let's create a fast serial port

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From: Marc 'Nepomuk' Heuler
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 09:53

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In article <49f1sq$t1o@unidhp.uni-c.dk>, Rask Lambertsen writes:

> > Less complex, it think, is my first proposal:  plug the hardware into the
> > internal serial/parallel port, and decouple the bps rate.
> 
> Yes, but that won't give high transfer rates, which is what is needed.

It will.  The hardware card buffers the quickly incoming data, and the
computer reads it in bursts (enabling even an 68000 to support 115kbps, as
seen in TwinExpress and similar).

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From: marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org (Marc 'Nepomuk' Heuler)
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Subject: Re: Let's create a fast serial port
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