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- From: haijin@qni.com (HowieZowie)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART chips effecting modem speed
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:40:04 GMT
- Organization: Suba Communications
- Message-ID: <4dv0ro$rcb@suba01.suba.com>
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- Fred Lowenstein <fredl@quiknet.com> wrote:
-
- >Does anyone know if my UART chip can effect the transmission speed of my
- >internal 28.8 modem? I was going to go external but a techie friend said
- >my chip would only allow effectivly 9600-14000 bps because of its design
- >or speed or something.
-
- >Can anyone explain this to me in english? Thanks.
-
- Internals need yr 16550A UART chip (on yr IO/IDE board...IF you have
- 16550 on said board) but was my belief that external models suppy
- their own 16550 UART.
- Sounds like yr onboard UART is old (which would make yr techie friend
- correct) but that shouldn't have anything whatever to do with an
- external 28.8 modem. Go external and don't sweat it.
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