7201 (was Re: Z8530 (was Re: Navtel 9460 Protocol Analyzer info?))

[Scott Stevens]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:06:31 -0600
woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:

> Allison wrote:
> 
> >I'll remember that one.  Though compared to serial chips many disk 
> >controllers and their associated stuff that wraps around them 
> >programtically are pretty horrid too.
> >
> >  
> >
> Has anybody made a easy to use serial chip, all seem to be lacking
> some feature?
> The only way I like to program is I/O is  'hardware" setup ... Dip 
> switches and hard reset
> lines. :)
> 
> >Allison
> >  

You might want to check out the 6402.  I have a bunch of them from some
syncronous modems I scrapped a few decades back.  It has the distinction
of being from the same family as the 6100 'PDP-8 on a chip' micro, and
is fairly bare-bones.  It has several simple registers, but much of the
config is done with hardware by enabling pins and what-not.

> >
>