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From: cur022%cluster@ukc.ac.uk (Bob Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: RE: KA820 processor's serial lines, what use?
Message-ID: <22334.281ea112@cluster@ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 1 May 91 11:05:54 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.181122.12239@iplmail.orl.mmc.com> <26APR91.19245964@toron.waisman.wisc.edu>
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In article <26APR91.19245964@toron.waisman.wisc.edu>, karcher@toron.waisman.wisc.edu writes:
> These are real live serial ports you can do anything you want with. The

No modem control, though. And I believe that > 1200 bps is not supported
(although I run one at 9600). I suspect that if you used all of them, you
might have some slowdown problems in the CPU; I think there is a lot of
microcode involved.

I also believe that VMS doesn't configure them if you have other serial
ports attached.
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