> > We're talking about putting in a rather complex computer to generate > > a baud rate. Are people really that handicapped when it comes to > > building hardware nowadays? > > Speaking for myself, yes.
Unfortunately I believe you. Use at least a thousand times more components than you need to. > Now, if the alternative is reading up on crystals, oscillators, dividers > and related support chips, figure out where to buy and then wait for the > parts to ship, which option do you think I will choose? In general this worries me if you are restoring a vintage minicomputer. How on earth can you hope to fix a TTL-built CPU without knowing the common TTL chips and without having a few on-hand? -tony