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From: davidb@inmos.co.uk (David Boreham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Stop Bits
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Date: 20 Nov 90 16:22:35 GMT
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stiles@cc.usu.edu  (Dyke Stiles)  writes:

>Question: What does the link controller do if, e.g., it receives a string of
>11 or more 1's (i.e., non stop bit appears)?  Does it simply wait until
>a zero shows up and then report that it received a byte of all 1's??

The transputer does not ever check for the stop bit. 
The stop bit is transmitted for the purposes of being
able to see the start bit !

David.



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