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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Converting parallel to serial port
Message-ID: <10811@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Apr 90 03:14:04 GMT
References: <7881@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <7881@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) writes:
> 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.
> 
> 	1) Does anyone know how much off-base this idea is?

Pretty far.  The modem control lines for the serial port are handled by
one 8520, as are the parallel port data and control lines, however the actual
serial transmit and receive data are handled by the Paula chip.  This is a
unique resource so your switch doesn't seem feasible.

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