Re: Apple IIe to IBM PC interface

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Edhel Iaur, Esq. <LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Jun 1997 00:04:44 -0500, Eric Gregori <emgregor@wwa.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >I am considering writing some software for the Apple and the PC that
> >would allow the PC to become a SLAVE drive to the Apple ( the apples
> >more usefull ) through the serial port.
> 
> That'd be awfully slow, unless you required accelerated (CPU & serial
> port) //s and 16550 UARTS on the PCs.  You may get 57600bps out of a
> stock IIgs's serial port.  That's only about 7K bytes a second.

Actually, it is only 5760 bytes per second.  You cannot do better than
10 bits per byte using asynchronous mode, and the PC serial ports don't
support synchronous.

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