From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_ureach.com>
>IIRC the Intel 8251 did full Sync as well as
>Async which was a plus. It's annoying
Yes, worked ok too.
>drawback -- (DEC used it in the Robin and
>Rainbow) was the lack of modem flow control
>support.
Design limited but it was there in the Robin.
The robin was full modem controls on the comm
port.
>I'd have killed for an 8251 with
>CTS/RTS/DSR/DTR and DCD all on chip.
The only one the 8251 doesn't handle or have a pin for
was DCD. The others are all there.
>Perhaps it should've been done on two chips
>if Intel couldn't get it on one.
Pincount, they would have needed a 29 pin. ;)
Allison
Received on Fri Dec 21 2001 - 17:39:02 GMT