Hacking the DECmate serial port

[Wai-Sun Chia]

On 4/29/05, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Not necesarily. The 6402 takes external transmit and receive clocks, at
> 16 times the desirted baud rate. If the clock generator hardware can't go
> faster than 16*4800 for some reason, then you won't get more than 4800
> baud. This is probalby very easy to modify, though.

Sorry to sound simplistic, but does that mean if I just whack in an
appropriate crystal, then I'd magically get 9600? (haven't downloaded
the prints yet)

Recommendations for an appropriate crystal would be very much appreciated! :-)
How much do you think I could up it to? 19k2?  

/ws