Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!daveh
From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 8551/6551 +4 PLUS 4
Message-ID: <4052@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 88 15:29:04 GMT
References: <5147@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <5147@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, kenneke@jacobs.cs.orst.edu (Ronald Reagan) says:
> 
>  I was tinkering with a commodore +4 that I had bought at aa garage sale
>  blew out the serial port. I traced the lines to a chip marked 8551 (or what
>  looked like 8551). ... I suspect the chip may be identical to the 6551, ...

Yup, you want a 6551.  A 6551A, to be exact.  Nicest feature of the PLUS/4 is
this real ACIA.

>  Thanks,
>   kenneke@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
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