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- From: c8922369@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au (Leon James Garde)
- Subject: Re: Hi-Speed Modems and //c
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- Organization: Uni of Newcastle, Australia
- References: <1992Nov12.065923.11659@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <c8922369.721741862@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au> <c8922369.722093903@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au> <1992Nov20.070117.1914@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 08:37:43 GMT
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- David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
-
- >The 1488 and 1489 convert between TTL signals (as used by the 6551)
- >and RS-232 signals (as used between computers). The voltages involved
- >are quite different. RS-232 uses -3 to -25 volts to indicate a logic
- >"1" and +3 to +25 volts to indicate a logic "0", while TTL uses 2.0 to
- >5.0 volts for a "1" and 0.0 to 0.7 volts for a "0".
-
- >If you don't know this sort of thing already, you shouldn't be
- >fiddling around with a soldering iron on RS-232 signals!
-
- Um. I did know the RS--232 standard was like that, I didnt think there
- was going to be a need for the bufffers.
-
-
- >Trying to feed RS-232 signals directly into a 6551 will NOT work, and
- >you will damage the chip. You have to go through the level converters
- yes, of course !
- >converters in a IIc. The IIc only has four transmit and receive
- >signals (two of each for each port) so probably has a single 1488 and
- >1489 which are shared by the two ports.
- thats right, one sib, one sob.
-
-
-
- >You will not be able to get a high speed modem working with a IIc,
- >because the 6551's output flow control lines interfere with transmit
- >and receive data and interrupts (depending which one you use).
- yes, i ve hearf that. Pity the only cmos in a //c is the 65c02.
- (I tested them all, all chips were hot at operating temperature, except
- the cmos processor ! :)
-
-
- leon
-