Re: H8 serial devices

On 2006-12-30, Peter Harrison <peter_harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Interpreting processor manuals seems to be as black an art as
writing them.

Especially ones that were written in a different language and
then translated into English by non-native speakers. I must
say that the Hitachi manuals are brilliant compared to some
others (Samsumg's are particularly bad). I presume that
manuals written in English and translated to other languages by
non-native speakers are just as bad.

Clearly I need more practice.

Sometimes trial-and-error with the actual hardware is the only
way to figure out what a paragraph is supposed to mean.

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