13 Apr
2005
13 Apr
'05
8:50 p.m.
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:57:51 -0400
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/13/05, Scott Stevens <chenmel at
earthlink.net> wrote:
The 8530 is a useful part for dedicated purposes, but isn't it severely
bandwidth cramped? I am thinking that it's the serial chip in the
Sparcstations, correct me if I'm wrong. A few years ago I was pondering
making a 'dialup connecting system with NAT server' out of a
SparcStation Classic (the little lunchbox type Sparc). I discovered
quickly that the serial ports on the Sparc are VERY speed constrained
because of the 8530 chip. It would have been impossible to connect my
USB Courier V-everything modem to it at, say 57,600 baud, because the
8530 just plain won't go that fast.
(not gonna wire two 6402 UARTS to my SYM-1 and
make
it a serial analyzer on principle, though)
How about one Z8530? :-) [it's a DUART, for the Zilog-impaired]