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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: My Amiga has a retarded brother...
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Date: 27 Apr 88 14:40:41 GMT
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In <2853@crash.cts.com>, haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel) writes:
 >     Would someone care to comment on whether it is reasonable to use a
 >  VIC-20 as a terminal for WACK?  I assume you would need some hardware
 >  for the VIC as well as a terminal program.

The VIC used a software UART, just as did the 64. You could, with some
clever programming, make it go 2400 bps. So in addition to a level
converter to change TTL <-> RS232, you would probably need a hardware UART
and a small program to manage it. Might be cheaper (and certainly easier)to
buy a used 9600 bps capable glass teletype.

-larry


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