Re: CCS 7710 manual?

[TimMeighan@msn.com (Tim Meighan)]

mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message news:<20040405175959.21977.00000643@mb-m13.aol.com>...
> Shadoooo wrote:
> 
> >In article <bb34e162.0404040144.4f3fc002@posting.google.com>, 
> >TimMeighan@msn.com says...
> >> shadoooo@yahoo.co.uk (Andrea) wrote in message
>  news:<1da710e2.0404011040.116d630e@posting.google.com>...
> >> > Hi!
> >> > Anyone has a manual or some documentation for this card?
> >> 
> >> Yes, I have one.  It's 66 pages.  I can try to scan it in over the
> >> next couple of days and get an image to you.  If there is something
> >> specific you need to know immediately, feel free to send me an email.
> >> 
> >
> >I think: 66 pages maybe is too much for a serial card manual...
> >Are we talking about the CCS 7710 serial card or something else?
> 
> Look at the documentation for the Super Serial Card!
> 
> 66 pages is not unusual for a well-documented card.
> 
> What is unusual these days is well-documented cards.  ;-)
> 
> -michael
> 
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It is indeed an RS-232-C (async) serial card, and it's a very good
card in my opinion.  Made in the USA by California Computer Systems
(CCS) in the early 1980s.  This card features switch-selectable
transmission speeds up to 19.2K baud, and full hardware support of
RTS/CTS and DTR/DSR handshaking.  Software flow control (XON/XOFF) is
also supported.

The manual really is 66 pages.  It includes a serial interface primer;
setup, operating, and programming sections; a section on how to
construct your own null modem connector; a hardware design overview;
instructions on how to use the card in a Pascal and CP/M system;
firmware and driver 6502 assembly source listings; etc.

- Tim