Title: OPTO Author: George Taylor Version: 1.00 Title From: Documentation Author From: Documentation Version From: Documentation Supplier: George Taylor (gst@dcs.ed.ac.uk) Date: 25/12/93 Keywords: Shareware: No Machine: Archimedes Operating system: RISCOS Memory requirements: Peripherals needed: Other s/ware needed: Directory: micros/arch/riscos/b/b147 Date mounted/updated: 12/01/94 File names: b147.arc Unarchived files: 9 Unarchived size: 123 Kbytes Omissions: See also: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acquiring the package: Download the uuencoded file and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help" file in arch/riscos/tools for further info). Description: The OPTO package contains an Impression document (and a text version for non-Impression owners) containing details on how to construct an opto-isolator for your serial port. An opto-isolator can avoid problems with static build-up and protect against voltage differences between computers.