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From: andyr@inmos.com (Andy Rabagliati)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Transputer links
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Date: 21 Mar 91 15:49:51 GMT
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Andrew M Gillespie writes:-

> I have been wondering whether the transputer serial-link communication is
> synchronous or asynchronous, and what mechanism is then used to receive
> data. 

It is asynchronous, 5 times oversampled. The 16 times you refer to
is common in RS232.

Cheers,  Andy Rabagliati    EMAIL:- rabagliatia@isnet.inmos.COM