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Re: Sun's ZS chips (was Re: Old Sun question - HELP!!!!!)

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From: andrew.d.hay
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:53
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In article <C0ovHw.28H@lysator.liu.se> pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson) writes:
"But I agree, Sun could have choosen to use the newer Z85230 (I think that
"was the name of the new version of the old Z8530) chip. It has receive
"and transmit FIFOs making it possible to reduce the number of interrupts
"needed (with a little clever programming) while still being backwards
"compatible.

are they pin-compatible?  enquiring minds want to know...

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From: adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
Subject: Re: Sun's ZS chips (was Re: Old Sun question - HELP!!!!!)
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:53:39 GMT
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