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Article #10039Re: Programming the 5380 (Mac) serial port for microcontroller ports
From: Brian Cuthie
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 02:29
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 02:29
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In article <1991Feb16.180423.13035@nntp-server.caltech.edu> palmer@nntp-server.caltech.edu (David Palmer) writes: >Is it possible to program the serial port controller on the >Macintosh (a Zilog 5380) to talk to the high-speed The 8530 is the NCR SCSI chip >'Serial Peripheral Interface' (SPI, a synchronous master/slave protocol) >on a Motorola 6811? Or to any other equivalent microcontroller >serial port? (Asynch. operations with start/stop synch etc. are >too slow (125 kBaud max on the 6811)) > ... > David Palmer > palmer@gap.cco.caltech.edu I know from recent calls to apple for similar information, and the fact that I have an FX, that this is in all cases *strongly* discouraged, and in some cases, impossible. Other than that, it's up to you. -brian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decuac!haven!umbc3!brian From: brian@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Brian Cuthie) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Programming the 5380 (Mac) serial port for microcontroller ports Message-ID: <5064@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Date: 19 Feb 91 02:29:47 GMT References: <1991Feb16.180423.13035@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Organization: Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Academic Computing Services Lines: 21