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Re: Testing a serial port

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> > Pictures of said doohicky here:
> > 
> > <http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk/doohicky1.jpg>
> > <http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk/doohicky2.jpg>
> > <http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk/doohicky3.jpg>
> 
> Cute.  Any idea what that 8-pin DIP is?  1984 seems a
> little early for a microcontroller that small...

No idea, although the guy who gave it to me thinks it might have been
used, and I quote, "...to control something dreadfully medical."

It also has the words "Nuclear Physics Training Course" on the lid, so I
dread to think.
 
> I presume you've just attached the original connector
> from the card to the back panel now.

Correct, although as I said the cabling to make it work seems a little
odd.

Jim
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