[cctalk] Re: RS232 then and now (bitbanging)

[Will Cooke via cctalk]

> On 02/02/2025 2:47 PM EST Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
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> Another example is the Color Computer 3.  UltimateTerm 2.4 from 1987 could
> bit-bang reliably 9600 baud (also Twilight Term from 1996).   The CoCo3 had
> a higher speed CPU option than its original.   "bit banging" (imo) is the
> host system doing the work of producing the start/stop bits on its own.
>  Which seems to be a "lost art"


Not quite lost.  The 1802 crowd is doing amazing things.
See https://groups.io/g/cosmacelf/message/33678

And if you know anything about the 1802, it's, uh, not so speedy.

Will

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
Babe Ruth