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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART chips effecting modem speed
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 10:52:01 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- HowieZowie (haijin@qni.com) wrote:
- : 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.
-
- Well, that ought to confuse him thoroughly... [g] You used "internal"
- where you meant "external" and vice versa. Externals are the ones you
- plug *into* a serial port (where the UART is) and internals supply their
- *own* serial port (and UART).
-
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