Re: [cc65] RS232 question

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From: Groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2003-04-13 00:43:50


On Saturday 12 April 2003 23:06, Maciej Witkowiak wrote:
> Ullrich von Bassewitz dnia 12 kwi 2003 o 22:28 +0200 napisał:
> > Since using a 6551 and a CPU with 1MHz is rather common in the 6502
> > world, the question is: Do we prefer support for more than one serial
> > port over support for higher serial speeds?
>
> Higher serial speeds - baudrates higher than 19200 are more common than
> multiport stuff for 6502 IMO.
> Anyway, I'd opt for having only one driver at a time, but with option for
> more than one port (two for simplicity). E.g. only DUART on IDE64 or only
> 16551 (AFAIR it has two ports) or only two 6551s (at different I/O base
> addresses).

the question is ... isnt the case that one would want to use two ports at a 
time so special that it is desireable to pollute the library with it...

i'd vote for a driver that handles one port at a time.... if you really wanna 
have a router or whatever, you better implement your dedicated routines for 
it anyway :)

gpz
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