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Article #8254AMD 8251 (USART) Info?
From: Jim Gonzalez
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 18:50
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 18:50
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I am in the process of getting a Northstar HSIO (serial interface) board working on a Cromemco System Three (S-100 bus with a Z-80). The CPU board apparently produces a 4MHz clock, while the serial board expects to be clocked at 2MHz. I could adjust the baud rate specification by a factor of 2 (yielding 1200 baud when I tell it to run at 600, for example), except the 8251 is only rated to run up to 2.4MHz. The 8251A is rated for a maximum of 3MHz, so a chip upgrade won't help either. Des anyone know if there is a faster version of the 8251 available? My information comes from the 1987 ediiton of an Advanced Micro Devices data book. The part must be a drop-in; if I have to do any cutting I may as well just build a new board. -Jim.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bbn.com!gonzalez From: gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.os.cpm Subject: AMD 8251 (USART) Info? Message-ID: <60822@bbn.BBN.COM> Date: 13 Nov 90 18:50:29 GMT Sender: news@bbn.com Reply-To: gonzalez@vax.bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez) Followup-To: sci.electronics Lines: 14