Date   : Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:24:51 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Homebrew BBC Basic

On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 19:47 +0100, Andrew Benham wrote:
> Phil Blundell wrote:
> > I don't think a Z80 PIO would be much use for Econet.  You might be
> > thinking of the Z80 SIO which is used by most of the Z80-based Econet
> > devices.  
> 
> Whilst the SIO can be made to do HDLC, I would have thought the Z8530
> SCC would be a better choice.

Yes, the SCC would certainly be a fine choice as well, though I can't
immediately think why it would be significantly better in that
application.  What are the advantages you were thinking of?

p.