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   Dan Cross to nowhere@never.at   
   Re: PD computer   
   03 Apr 23 18:09:28   
   
   From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article ,   
   wolfgang kern   wrote:   
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   >   
   >On 03/04/2023 17:37, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >...   
   >   
   >> I've written a serial port driver before, for the 8086.   
   >> It wasn't a lot of code.   
   >   
   >which pins of the 8086 CPU did you use to become RS232 ?   
   >   
   >I programmed Intel 8251A chips which I added to my Z80 set 1979.   
      
   I'm sure he meant that he wrote a driver for an 8250-compatible   
   UART that used programmed IO on something 8086 A/D-bus   
   compatible.   
      
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