Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-11 Thread shalimr9
ct 2012 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc Hi Again, I'd say it's the lowest common denominator. Synchronous comm using RS-232 levels on a DB-25 came before asynchronous comm. It's long dead. Being first isn't *always* best. Same could be said of

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread David
ailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >Behalf Of David >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:54 AM >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc > >What aspects of USB would HP have used? Just the complexity of a

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread Don Latham
Commodore computers in the longago dimdark past serialized the GPIB. They started out with the GPIB as the disk drive and printer interface from the get-go. I used a Commodore as a cheap controller when Hp GPIB controllers cost a small fortune. Don David > What aspects of USB would HP have used?

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread Bob Camp
levels though. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Michael Tharp Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:55 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc On 10/10/2012 11:49 AM, Bob C

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread Michael Tharp
On 10/10/2012 11:49 AM, Bob Camp wrote: No easy solution. Serial com is still with us because it's a lowest common denominator. I'm sitting here coding it into a new product right now (once the uber super compiler finishes a build). It's supported on just about every chip set in the universe. I s

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread Bob Camp
Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc What aspects of USB would HP have used? Just the complexity of a USB OHCI/UHCI would have been economically prohibitive compared to an asynchronous serial UART. An OHCI/UHCI is more like an

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread David
Ah well, I missed it but only because I have seen other people make the same suggestion seriously in the recent past. Where is my box of 2102 DRAMs? I left it around here somewhere. On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:15:32 -0400, paul swed wrote: >David it was humor >Regards > >On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread paul swed
David it was humor Regards On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:53 AM, David wrote: > What aspects of USB would HP have used? Just the complexity of a USB > OHCI/UHCI would have been economically prohibitive compared to an > asynchronous serial UART. An OHCI/UHCI is more like an ethernet > controller an

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread David
What aspects of USB would HP have used? Just the complexity of a USB OHCI/UHCI would have been economically prohibitive compared to an asynchronous serial UART. An OHCI/UHCI is more like an ethernet controller and those took up the space of entire expansion boards initially. What they did come

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread paul swed
You know there is one other aspect of this question from Corby. How do I say this. Age. If you are using the old basics then things like the latest basic by different names are quite convoluted and distracting. They are designed for mobile phone apps. You know those crazy modern apps that sell. We

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread paul swed
Murray we offered up the same thing for pretty much the same reasons. Good to know I am in fine company. Hmmm Ham + free??? Any link? Regards Paul WB8TSL On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Murray Greenman wrote: > Corby, > Power Basic certainly does the job. However, there's a fairly big learning >

[time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic etc

2012-10-10 Thread Murray Greenman
Corby, Power Basic certainly does the job. However, there's a fairly big learning curve. I use Just Basic, which is a FREE cut-down version of Liberty Basic. While there are a few limitations, and some things you need to do aren't entirely intuitive, it works very well and the serial comms supp