Practical Peripherals SeriaLL

[veco]

Hi.

I have this serial card, supposedly compatible with the Super Serial... Looking for the manual and/or any other information... [Google did only point to an old thread on apple fritter, but no documentation]

Thanks !

-Fred

 

[david__schmidt]

Shame this site didn't get built out; it seems like this is the guy you'd want to talk to:

http://60035pserver.com/PracticalPeripheralsHistoryWebsite/

Maybe you can look up the domain owner and find him?

 

[veco]

I actually contacted Michael, and here is his answer :

There's a blast from the past.
I'm afraid I have absolutely no documentation on the SeriAll. I sold the company in 1989 and the buyer (Hayes Microcomputer Products – long gone), had all the documentation.
The only other comment would be to look at a PrinterFace – parallel version of this. Some of the commands may be the same.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

So I'll start disassembling, time permitting. Will also dump the eprom.

-Fred

 

[dorkbert]

look on the bright side, the board appears to be only two layer and all the parts are discrete, so tracing out the board shouldn't be too hard.