Nova 4/C Questions

[David Comley]

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:

> Dave, on your web page you mention "Each board has an
> AY-3-1015D UART on board
> suggesting that the console serial port is built into the
> CPU". If you feel
> like tracing the interface connections from the UART
> (probably thru some 1488/9
> drivers), the datasheet for the 3-1015 is here:
>   http://www.datasheets.org.uk/pdf/761571.pdf

Yes, I'll do that, partly because I'm curious about what sort of line drivers are on there. Didn't spot any of the usual suspects. Thanks for the link and the suggestion.

> 
> It's a pin-config'd UART, so the config may also be
> discernible from examination.
> 

There is a wealth of jumpers around the UART that I assumed were for setting the console line attributes but if I trace them back to the UART I can verify their purpose.

Regards,
-Dave