> > It's do-able
> > but way out of the realms of a few logic chips on a home etched PCB.
>
> Ooooh, we'll see about that ;-)) Maybe a good excuse to get my head up
> off the PIC bench and try ruining some other hardware for a change

ROFL. It took you 5 weeks to get your modem going, didn't it ? :-)

I've changed my mind. It might be do-able with less than a few logic
chips and a home etched PCB. Maybe even veroboard.
Pedal on down to Dick Smith and get a PCI serial card. Cut the
tracks somewhere there are TTL level signals and bolt it onto a PIC
with a bootloader installed. You have my address for the royalties.

Steve.

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Steve Baldwin                Electronic Product Design
TLA Microsystems Ltd         Microcontroller Specialists
PO Box 15-680, New Lynn      http://www.tla.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand        ph  +64 9 820-2221
email: steveb@tla.co.nz      fax +64 9 820-1929
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