hi
it is definitly not CAN, neither the protocol nor the voltage levels
the reason why i used the pic 18F452 is that i had one available and i had to much spare time

btw the 18F452 has no built in CAN hardware
the 82C250 is used to transmit and the OPAMP is the receiving part because the voltage levels on the bus are so low (200mV if i remember right) that the 82C250 does not recognize them
hooking up a PC to the bus is easy just use the adapter as a IP-bus to serial connector
u just need to edit the sourcecode so that it fits your needs
if u are going to build an emulator or just want to fool around with this bus i wouldt recommend you to use an AVR and not a PIC
18F452@40Mhz is ok but every smaller type is to slow to handle the bus and serial com
@Brokly
Inter Equipment bus, mode 1 ?!?
are u joking or it is realy called like that ?