Kato Development Twister 1200 Mk2 - Amiga Hardware Database

Company Kato Development, Germany	Date 1999	Amiga A1200	Interface clock port

Company

Kato Development, Germany

Date

1999

Amiga

A1200

Interface

clock port

serial interface

connects to the clock port
a redesigned, cost reduced version of the original Twister 1200
reduced interferences to other boards compared to the original Twister 1200
ST16C650 serial interface chip
460800 bps guaranteed, 691200 bps typical transfer speed
32 byte send and 32 byte receive buffers
compatible with the four clock ports of Power Computing's Z4 board
compatible with the Melody 1200 audio board
FIFO based automatic flow control - the receiver is able to hold the transfer if the sender is too fast, no "hardware buffer overrun" messages

front side

back side