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From: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: SP0256-AL2 XTAL (was Re: Looking for SPO256-AL2 chip)
Message-ID: <16109@teda.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 16:54:06 GMT
References: <21381@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <970015@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <1990Oct31.232018.24991@infonode.ingr.com>
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In article <1990Oct31.232018.24991@infonode.ingr.com> girzong@infonode.ingr.com (Gary Girzon) writes:
-does anyone know a good source for the 3.12 MHZ crystal required with
-the SP0256? also, will a standard colorburst (3.58 MHZ) crystal work,
-perhaps with a higher pitch?

A colorburst crystal will work fine with the spo256.  In fact, I have never
heard one with a 3.12 MHz xtal; everyone uses 3.579.  The CTS256 must be used
with a 10 MHz xtal, since it derives the baud rate from it.
/mike


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