5Mbps ARCNET (ANSI 878.1) Controller with 2K x 8 On-Chip RAM
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4.6.4 Acknowledgements
An Acknowledgement is used to acknowledge reception of a packet or as an affirmative response to FREE
BUFFER ENQUIRIES and is sent by the following sequence:
An ALERT BURST
An ACK (ACKnowledgement--ASCII code 86H) character
ALERT BURST
ACK
4.6.5 Negative Acknowledgements
A Negative Acknowledgement is used as a negative response to FREE BUFFER ENQUIRIES and is sent
by the following sequence:
An ALERT BURST
A NAK (Negative Acknowledgement--ASCII code 15H) character
ALERT BURST
NAK
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