Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bu.edu!bu-cs!mirror!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Using MC1488 for TTL->RS-232 Message-ID: <11009@frog.UUCP> Date: 4 Jan 90 00:24:00 GMT References: <1990Jan1.001244.24596@utzoo.uucp> <1640@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us Lines: 21 In article <1640@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) writes: > In article <1381@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> dnelson@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Dru Nelson) writes: > >Recently introduced is the + 5 volt only MC145407P which only requires > >+5 volt input supply > Has anyone found these (starting to be or whatever) being stocked on the > local level at electronic supply or hobby shops or something ? The MAX232CPE (the other 5V-only RS232 chip) is available from Active Electronics; hence these chips in general should be available from hobbyist places. > Is the old maxi 5 Vcc rs232 driver chip directly replaceable by the > MC145407, or did MC pick some different pin out ? One would think it is different, unless the 145406 had pins to connect capacitors just for art's sake :-). -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu Happiness is Planet Earth in your rear-view mirror. - Sam Hurt