[sdiy] 1488 line drivers - anybody got any use?

[Steve Lenham]

You could use them for level translation between 5V logic signals and 
circuitry running off +/-12V analogue rails (not sure if they'll withstand 
+/-15V...check the datasheet). Obviously this is all they really do when 
acting as RS232 receiver/transmitters, but the signal doesn't HAVE to be 
RS232 serial data...

Steve L.

>
>> I bought a lot of stuff off ebay and included were a bunch of 1488 line
>> driver chips and a few 1489 line receiver chips. I don't know of any use
>> for these. If anybody has suggestions for these I'm open to them, or if
>> somebody wants them....
>
> You probably know this, but it is the classical RS-232 driver/receiver 
> chips.
>