Mainframe emulation and serial comms (was Re: "Toy computers)

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Thu May 2 08:03:11 2002

> > > There are/were apparently a number of Apple LocalTalk cards made
> > > for PC usage. One of them is the PC MacBridge by Tangent Technologies -
> > > now defunct - which is a short 8-bit card based on the Zilog Z8530APC
> > > chip. A google search will disclose multiple others also.

> > I have a native Apple LocalTalk ISA card manufactured by Apple. It does an
> > excellent job and the PC communicates seamlessly with the Macs in the
> > apartment.

> Since the thrust of this topic is find a board that can be used
> to do IBM BISYNC communication, would you happen to know what
> chipset is used by the board? It would be hard to use it if
> no one knows how to write software for it...

It is also based on the Z8530, with a Rockwell R65C02 CPU on-board.

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