[Coco] The most bizarre thing

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

ok more photos:

this thing sports a joystick din-6 connector in one cable and a centronics
in another:

pic.twitter.com/fT8Dt4sUtr <http://t.co/fT8Dt4sUtr>

But also, it had attached a din-6 to din-4 cable adapter on it ?

pic.twitter.com/06Ug0AZxt6 <http://t.co/06Ug0AZxt6>

Wtf ? he changed specifications from joystick port to serial ?

This thing NEVER worked. For sure.



On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Johann Klasek <johann+coco at klasek.at>wrote:

> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:35:32PM -0500, George Ramsower wrote:
> >  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.
>
> Yes, such a thing converts in both directions in an universal way, often
> only signal driven (without any complex register programming, as far as
> I have understand the datasheet of the AY-5-1013A). Probably not a good
> idea (uncommon, not to say unstable) if the system bus would be connected
> via a flat cable ...
>
> Johann
>
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