[Coco] The most bizarre thing

[Retro Canada]

the connectors dont appear in the photo but the back cable is the serial and the centronics at the end of the flat

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On 2013-05-15, at 4:48 PM, "George Ramsower" <georgera at gvtc.com> wrote:

> I've looked at all the photos and I have not found those connectors in any 
> of them. Maybe I missed something.
> If it does connect to the Coco serial port, then it could be a way to 
> connect a Coco to another computer that is using the UART to translate the 
> data from the Coco's serial port to the computer that is connected to the 
> UART.
> 
> Otherwise, it's still a bit of a mystery as how it's connected and used.
> 
> George
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Retro Canada
> 
> 
>  but it has a serial cable on it to plug on coco serial port and a 
> centronics connected at the ribbon cable.
> 
> 
>> It isn't a serial to parallel converter. It connects directly to the
>> computer's bus,data and address lines and sends and recieves RS232 
> signals
>> asyncronously with appropriate software, usually a ML program/driver for
>> speed.
>> 
>> U.A.R.T. is a Universal Asycronous Reciever/Transmitter.
>> 
>> George
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