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To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) 
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 15:48:59 PST
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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In message <199602021854.MAA11875@brasil.moneng.mei.com>you write:
>> If you're going to decode the I/O's already, don't bother with the UART.
>
>Your intent is to emulate the UART?  I'm sorry, I'm not THAT good at digital
>logic design  :-)  I wouldn't know where to start.

*Software*, Joe!  We're hackers, right?  Just decode the PC's I/O space in a 
creative way to the microprocessor, and let the software on the uP handle the 
rest =)

  Bill