>From memory the SCC could help out with the encoding which was something like HDLC or SDLC.. that's rattling my brain cells though. I remember that the Tnc2 had a state machine to do that.
Doug On Thu, 15 Apr 2021, 8:05 pm Alex ..., <abortretryf...@gmail.com> wrote: > What would the Zilog SCC have gotten you? A couple extra serial ports for > additional modems? > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 23:41 Daryl Tester < > dt-m...@handcraftedcomputers.com.au> wrote: > >> On 15/4/21 1:23 am, Alex ... wrote: >> >> > Figure this would be a fun one to share with the [M100] list. :) >> >> Sometime last century (if not millenium) I attempted to build an add on >> card >> for my M102 to run a Zilog SCC chip for the purposes of packet radio. I >> only >> remembered this because I came across the board a year or so ago when >> cleaning >> up a little used junk box. Alas, my lack of ability back then stymied me >> (I >> mean, I have a lack of ability now, but I make up for that in >> stubbornness - >> channeling the Dunning-Kruger). >> >> Cheers, >> --dt >> >
