[Coco] UART parallel driver. was> The most bizarre thing >>ATTNJohann

[camillus Blockx]

Well it was a better design and it had is own pcb, I also remembered
that if you want it to use it on the Epson Star serie you had to buy a
extra converter that plugged into the printer ( centronics converter )


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>
>> I think it was even in one of the magazines back then, and it was used
>> to drive the star serie dotmatrix printers. Was it rainbow or coconut,
>> I do not know any more. But I'm sure it worked.
>
> I doubt the one in the Rainbow article looked like that and I would
> certainly not risk my computer by plugging that monstrosity into it.
>
> bill
>
>>
>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Back in the day, I used the Microchip AY3-1015D, which was a parallel to
>>> serial convertor and a serial to parallel convertor in one chip.
>>>
>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Ramsower" <georgera at gvtc.com>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 6:17 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] UART parallel driver. was> The most bizarre thing
>>>>>ATTNJohann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> It never occurred to me that a UART could mate to a parallel device
>>>> but,
>>>> as
>>>> I think on this, it makes sense.
>>>> Earlier, someone suggested this ckt was a serial to parallel interface
>>>> and
>>>> it seems he was correct.
>>>>
>>>> Interesting but not something I'm willing to look into, today.
>>>> George
>>>>
>>>>  ----- Original Message -----  From: Johann Klasek
>>>>
>>>>  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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