Serial bridge packets - asynchronous serial data may be sent between CobraNet devices on the same network.
The ability to receive serial data bit streams over the baseband medium.
These blocks convert data between serial data and parallel interfaces in each direction.
In the simplest form, the parallel optic link is a replacement for many serial data communication links.
If different data formats are being exchanged, the interface must be able to convert serial data to parallel form and vice-versa.
The "2s/1p/1g" almost certainly means the computer has two serial data ports, one parallel port and a game port.
Thus typing on the keyboard (attached to the 6522) did not reduce serial data (8530) performance, yet the program controlling the serial bus could be debugged by the programmer.
The purpose of the DSU is to transfer serial data synchronously between the WAN port and the DTE ports.
In some cases, serial data is not exchanged, but the control lines are used to signal conditions such as loss of power or low battery alarms.
CHIPS users will, in most cases, be able to work with several serial data transceiver sources at the same time.