[Coco] New 6821, 6551 replacements

[Darren A]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Roger Taylor wrote:

> Btw, you can fill out a request for sample form and they leave you guessing
> whether you qualified or not, then one day ya might get a sample like I did
> which was 2 of the 6551 replacement chips.  I'll play around with one on a
> rainy day.  I still haven't read all the specs to see if they added any
> extra functions but I was under the impression that it's a "better" version
> of the 6551.
>

At least their version doesn't stop transmitting in the middle of a byte
when CTS goes HI.  I always thought that was a stupid mistake in the
original design.

Darren