Subject: Re: zs at buad > 38400
To: Chris Torek <torek@bsdi.com>
From: Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/15/1994 11:12:30
> A clock divisor of 1 is `not recommended' in the Zilog manual.
> Presumably this is for the same reason as on any serial port:
> with a x16 or x64 clock, the sample can be taken at the mid-point
> of the bit time, so that any cable delays or clock skew will not
> goof up the bit pattern you get from the RS232 line.  With a x1
> clock, this is no longer possible (well, you could have an internal
> clock doubler and divide it back down, or use a two-phase clock,
> but the zscc does neither).
> 
> Chris

I thought though that sun had a product that did 56k synchronous off
the zs....

later,
Adam Glass

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