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Article #29292Re: Atari ST, Mac emulator and TOPS network
From: cute
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1987 18:44
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1987 18:44
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In article <441*woslyng@arc.cdn> woslyng@arc.CDN (Fred Woslyng) writes: >Is is possible to connect an Atari 520 or 1040ST running a Macintosh >emulator (such as Magic Sac) to a TOPS network? > >Macs are connected to the TOPS network through the serial port. One problem >is Macs have a special chip to drive the serial port at 230K baud. Also, the >custom chip may be doing more than just driving the port at high speed. If ^^^^^^^^^^^ The Macintosh serial ports are driven by a standard Zilog 8530 SCC on the motherboard. It was chosen probably because it has such high-speed capabilities. The fact that the AppleTalk device drivers (TOPS runs on AppleTalk) and hardware absolutely require this chip makes it unlikely you'll be able to do what you want without extra hardware. Unless of course Atari ALSO uses said chip for THEIR serial ports. Anyone know? l i n e s -- ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!cute (insert pithy quote here)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!cute From: cute@sphinx.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari ST, Mac emulator and TOPS network Message-ID: <2698@sphinx.uchicago.edu> Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 13:44:56 EST Article-I.D.: sphinx.2698 Posted: Sat Nov 21 13:44:56 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 23-Nov-87 01:40:57 EST References: <441*woslyng@arc.cdn> Reply-To: cute@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (John Cavallino) Distribution: world Organization: U Chicago Computation Center Lines: 26 Summary: I doubt it.