Date   : Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:44:43 +0100
From   : philpem@... (Philip Pemberton)
Subject: Emulating the 80186 CoPro on an ARM CoPro

On 20/07/11 18:27, Rob wrote:
> IEEE488 - a serial bus used mainly to communicate with laboratory
> equipment, but also used, in a fashion, by Commodore kit for the link
> between the computer, floppy disc drives, etc.

Half-right. It's byte-serial, bit-parallel. That means it sends 8 bits 
at a time (one "byte"), in sequence.

Unless you're using Commodore kit, in which case the "IEC-Bus" disc 
drive interface (a fairly close relation to IEEE488) really IS serial.

"The More You Know!"

:)

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