Re: LZ: Teleconferece: accel

Subject: Re: LZ: Teleconferece: accel
From: Clegg <Clegg@newrock.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 23:20:59 -0700
In-Reply-To: <LZ: Teleconferece: accel>

Andy Selle wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Doesn't acceleration also speed up the port speed?  (make it a pain to synch)
> > >
> >
> > Nope.  if that was true you couldent send anything to any
> > non-accelerated calc over the standard TI-link.  so the IO port
> > regulates it at a steady 9600 bps.
> >
> The speed of the link is not regulated at 9600 bps.  It is asynchronous.
> What happens is when one calc wants to send a bit it pulls r or w to
> ground.  Then the other calc pulls the other line to ground inm
> acknoledgement.  Then, both calculators clear the link and go on
> Therefore the speed of the link is dependant on the speed of
> acknowledgement.  So, the slowest calculator determines the speed,
> because it acknoledges slower than a turboed calc.
> 
> -Andy


gotcha.. I was mis-lead. now I am on the right path.. 
                           ----/\=Clegg=/\----
                            Clegg@newrock.com
                  "Everything under the sun is in tune,
                   But the sun is eclipsed by the moon"
                                      --Pink Floyd, DSOTM
                    '96

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