[Coco] The most bizarre thing

[Bill Gunshannon]

>  I looked up the number on the big chip, ay-5-1013a. It's a UART.
>
>  I can't imagine why it's configured on an external board this way but,
> it's
> still a useable chip(if it still works), should you need that thing now.
>
>  I'm not sure I ever tried a UART but a 6551 has always worked for me.

I have often thought about making a board with a 16550 or
one of the other UARTS with internal buffers so that higher
speeds could be accomplished.  especially for my UDrive
project.

bill


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