[Coco] Drivewire question

[Steven Hirsch]

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Boisy Pitre wrote:

> George,
>
> DriveWIre *could* easily be written to use the 6551, but hasn't up to this 
> point.
>
> One of the advantages of using DriveWire through the bitbanger is that it 
> doesn't require any additional hardware such as an RS-232 pak.  I would 
> encourage you to at least try it out that way to see if it would fit your 
> needs.

I have some doubts about the 6551 being capable of 115.2k baud.  Even if 
the chip itself can do it, the expansion bus may prove to be a bottleneck.

Has anyone ever tried the RS232 pack at that speed using a standard comm 
program?

Steve


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