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From: gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Converting parallel to serial port
Message-ID: <7881@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 11 Apr 90 13:20:11 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In my quest to try and hook up an external terminal to my 1000, someone gave
me a great idea. He claims that the parallel and serial ports on the
1000 are driven by two identical chips.

What I'd really like to do is this:
	make a little board which plugs into where the chip which drives
the parallel port which can make my parallel port act like a serial
port at the flip of a toggle switch.

Questions:
	1) Does anyone know how much off-base this idea is?
	2) Can anyone recommend sources of material about these chips and
		this section of the circuit board?

Thanks in advance,

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