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- From: auj@aber.ac.uk (Professor Coypu)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: IOC Timer 1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.104105.3383@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 10:41:05 GMT
- Sender: auj@aber.ac.uk (Professor Coypu)
- Organization: Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales) Aberystwyth
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- Hi there techies!
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- Does anyone know how to access the IOC timer 1 in a `legal' way ?
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- I have looked in the PRM's and failed to find anything useful, except the
- hardware address, which seems to me to be a non-portable way of accessing
- it. If this is the only way, could someone tell me how to set the timer
- going? I have tried the ways *I* think are obvious and failed (writing to
- the latch and then the go location).
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- Any pointers would be greatly appreciated...
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- The reason I need this is because I wish to generate a 1200 baud signal
- to drive an amateur packet radio modem. This signal is HDLC based and
- does not use stop bits. The RS423 chip appears to force stop bits into
- the signal and the only way round this I can think of (without delving
- deeply into hardware) is to generate the serial output myself using
- interrupts.
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- All sane suggestions welcome,
-
- Alun.
-
- P.S. Anyone knowing how to get the serial chip to generate output without
- stop bits will also be welcomed with open arms...
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