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Article #9333Re: "Oct-UART" (8-Channel UART)
From: Arne A. Henden
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 14:37
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 14:37
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In article <1183@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> Samuel Lam writes: >Does anyone know of a manufacturer for an "OctUART" chip -- >an UART chip which has 8 current channels. i.e. The Intel >8250 has one channel, the Zilog SCC has two, and this one >has eight. I received literature from Systech Corp. (619) 453-8970 back in early 1989 describing their SYC6208P84 8-channel serial communications controller, also known as OCTART. It was in an 84-pin PLCC, 8 independent channels at up to 38.4Kbps per channel, 8char FIFOs on input/output, full modem control plus XON/XOFF, etc. $61 (1000). Don't know if they ever put the chip in full production. Might check with them and see. If anyone has used this chip, I'd be interested in hearing about their success. Come to think of it, I think the new 8-port cards for the Sun S-bus also use a single chip. Good luck.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!news From: henden@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Arne A. Henden) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: "Oct-UART" (8-Channel UART) Summary: Systech may have one Keywords: Systech, OCTART Message-ID: <1991Jan7.143757.28034@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 7 Jan 91 14:37:57 GMT References: <1183@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca> Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Astronomy Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu