8 Oct
2001
8 Oct
'01
3:08 p.m.
On October 9, Iggy Drougge wrote:
But if I have a toasted line driver, wouldn't that
strike both inbound and
outbound data?
Nope...many RS232 interfaces are built with 1488 driver and 1489
receiver chips. Nowadays the Maxim MAX232 (and family) chips are
popular for that sort of thing since they only require +5V...but I'll
bet the VT420 uses 1488/1489 chips.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD