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Re: 6522 as Serial Port?
- Subject: Re: 6522 as Serial Port?
- From: ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)
- Date: 1996/09/11
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Phillips Enterprises
- References: <515fh3$uq8@totara.its.vuw.ac.nz>
Hi, Rob!
In article <515fh3$uq8@totara.its.vuw.ac.nz>, Rob Thomson
<rob.thomson@vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can I use some of the outputs of a 6522 for serial transfer to Apple or PC?
> I can add a voltage converter (MAX232, etc), but can I use some inputs/outputs
> (data, handshake, etc) for serial transfers?
>
Commodore did! VIC20, C64, and C128 all used variants on the 6522
(6526's, aka CIAs, Complex Interface Adapters). HOWEVER - The function
used for serial work was all cloned straight from the 6522.
RwP
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Ralph Wade Phillips, CET #LA-82
ralphp@gcstation.net