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- From: peters@beltrix.guild.org (Peter Sleggs)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc,comp.realtime
- Subject: Re: Embedded Systems Networking Systems
- Keywords: Echelon, LonWorks, Networks, X.25
- Message-ID: <4RJ9PB3w165w@beltrix.guild.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:20:02 EDT
- References: <1992Aug26.194929.7723@seas.gwu.edu>
- Organization: Bellatrix Systems Corp., Mississauga, ONT Canada
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- loew1@seas.gwu.edu (Murray Loew) writes:
-
- > Parting shot --
- > Take a look at the motorola 68302 chip - built in SDLC
- > ports, clocks, chip selects, and lots more.
- > Also there is a HITACHI Z80 based cpu (64180?) that (i think)
- > will also do SDLC/HDLC
-
- Zilog's Z80181 is essentially a Z80180 + 1/2 of a 85C30, this is
- probably the device you were thinking of. I've used this beast and once
- the initial quirks were out it worked quite well, 2.125 Mbit/sec over
- twisted pair. [ It would also make a neat intelligent sync adapter card
- for PC's with a bit of work in S/W and a PC bus interface ]
-
- peter
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