12 Nov
1999
12 Nov
'99
12:39 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
You've almost convinced me to have a go... It won't be T2 based, as I
don't have any spare (or socketed) T2s... I may have the odd T4 in the
junk box, though. Any preference on the serial chip I use, or should I
just use a 8250 or something?
I really dont have any preference to a serial chip other than that it should be
reliable and easy to source. I have no spare T2s either. All the spares I have
are the T400 (2-link) transputers.
Pick your favourite serial chip. Link it to the T2
bus, using a PAL for
address decoding and/or to fiddle the R/W .vs. Wr/ and Rd/ signals.
That's about it.
Seriously, it's easy to design with transputers. The bus is designed to
be easy to link things up to. I really think this is a morning's work at
most...
Unfortunately, I have very very little electrical background (almost nothing).
I can but circuits together, but that is just about it :-(
Dunno when I'll have time to do this (and if somebody beats me to it,
fine :-)), but it just might be something for me to try...
Thanks a lot. It really would be a nice project to do. We currently have no free
transputer schematics (especially trams). Ooops, I should take that back, there is
the DTC (DSP + Transputer card) card that comes with schematics and is free.
Ram
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