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title: "New! Hermes Co-Processor from QVIEW"
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excerpt: "The QL's second processor, the Intelligent Peripheral Controller (IPC 8049), handles sound and the serial port, as well as keyboard input. The code in the present 8049 suffers from a number of problems."
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# New! Hermes Co-Processor from QVIEW

The QL’s second processor, the Intelligent Peripheral Controller (IPC 8049), handles sound and the serial port, as well as keyboard input. The code in the present 8049 suffers from a number of problems.