[Coco] DRAGON TANO Arrived

[Ken H.]

Phill,
Do you think that hooking up a simple MAX232 RS232 To TTL Converter like
this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1PCS-NEW-MAX232CSE-MAX232-RS232-To-TTL-Converter-Adapter-Module-Board-/261083117557?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc9c437f5
to the Dragon's parallel port respective pins work? Or is there a different
design needed?

Ken

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Phill Harvey-Smith <afra at aurigae.demon.co.uk
> wrote:

>
> Well not so much a design, just an observation that the I/O lines from the
> PIA that the bit-banger uses are available on the Dragon's Parallel printer
> port. I guess youd need a level shifter circuit, something like a MAX232 or
> MAX202 to generate proper RS232 levels, but should be doable.
>
> If I get a few minutes later I'll see if I can design something.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Phill.
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