Re: Hi-speed serial interfacing from A2

[Jerry <awanderin@yahoo.ca>]

Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> writes:

> I just _know_ there was discussion of this subject within the last
> year or so, but )&(^ Google doesn't turn up anything.  I'm interested
> in writing a filesystem driver to support an A2 as client on a
> DriveWire server.  This is a simple protocol developed for the Tandy
> CoCo, but it's generic enough to be adapted for almost any small box.
>
> The CoCo can bit-bang serial communications at 115k baud, so I'm
> hopeful that something like this is possible for some flavor of Apple
> 2.  There was some talk of folks achieving hi-speed serial I/O on bus
> cards (Super Serial card?), but cannot find the thread.
>
> Also, some years back Don Lancaster had some sort of bit-banging
> serial driver that used the game paddle connector to talk with a laser
> printer. Can't find any detail on that either, just some peripheral
> mention of it on the "Ask the Guru" website.

Search google using "site:tinaja.com 57600 apple ii"

First hit for me was:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tinaja.com%2Fglib%2Fatg2.pdf&rct=j&q=site%3Atinaja.com%2057600%20apple%20ii&ei=a5dCTK_fBpS-sQPjhZGRDQ&usg=AFQjCNGq1ucqUC0sbHOwPlHIL56QyeqZuQ

See page 110 and following.

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