Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-opus.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!gcc-opus!brad From: brad@gcc-opus.ARPA (Brad Parker) Newsgroups: net.wanted Subject: Re: serial-to-parallel converter Message-ID: <173@gcc-opus.ARPA> Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 10:17:46 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-opus.173 Posted: Thu Dec 20 10:17:46 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:28:52 EST References: <684@mhuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@gcc-opus.UUCP (Brad Parker) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (creators of Ms. Pacman) Lines: 33 Summary: In article <684@mhuxd.UUCP> cwc@mhuxd.UUCP (Chip Christ) writes: >Anybody know of a serial-to-parallel converter for $100-150? >I don't need buffering or a lot of fancy stuff-- just unidirectional >data transmission with return flow control, preferably ready/busy. >It can be a box or board, with or without cables. I have schematics >to custom-build such a beast, but I have no intention of fabricating >the dozen or so I'll ultimately need. I don't think a job-shop >could meet the price I need, either; the components cost about $75-80 >in quantity. > You may want to check with a company called "Black Box Catalog". They seem to make all of the nifty "black boxes" I need and they make quality stuff. Black Box Catalog p.o. box 12800 Pittsburgh, Pa 15241 (412) 746-5800 (tech support) I believe they have some boxes similar to what you described. Ask them to send you a "catalog". -- J Bradford Parker uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-opus!brad otherwise: what else is there ? "What I did that night, what she did that night, Realizing my hope I thrust myself towards glory..." - David Burne