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- Short description of a level converter:
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- the userport of the c64 does not fully support RS232 voltages.
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- "real RS232" c64
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- mark -12 volts +5 volts
- space +12 volts 0 volts
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- The converter has to translate these voltages. It also has to
- have a c64 userport connector in one end and a standard RS232 connector
- (DSUB-25) in the other.
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- It does NOT have to support handshaking-lines (CTS/RTS), only datain/out
- (RxD, TxD).
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- These level converters were commercially availible from serveral companies.
- Commodore has made one. (VIC-1011A RS232C) In Sweden the 'Handic V24' was
- popular. There also exists several schematics on this type of interface.
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- All of them plugs into the userport, and are fairly simple. (consists of
- only a few components.)
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- Happy computing...
- /Daniel Kahlin <tlr@stacken.kth.se>
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