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+This folder contains multiple backends for hardware UART as provided by some AVR devices.
+
+uart.asm:     simple UART code blocking for receiption and transmission
+net_uart.asm: glue to connect NET interface to uart.asm
+              uses interrupt for ATTN line, no other interrupts used
+
+