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- From: cumeyer@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Chris Meyer)
- Subject: Re: What does UART stand for?
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- Message-ID: <DMB222.3KE@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:42:02 GMT
- References: <4f3sfj$ciu@news-f.iadfw.net> <cobrian-0402962130120001@cobrian.accessone.com>
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- In article <cobrian-0402962130120001@cobrian.accessone.com>,
- Charlie O'Brian <cobrian@accessone.com> wrote:
- >In article <4f3sfj$ciu@news-f.iadfw.net>, chadwick@airmail.net (Caius) wrote:
- >
- >>What does UART stand for and what do UART chips do exactly? I know
- >>that without them, you can't play many modem games. Why?
- >>------------------------
- >>Clinton Chadwick
- >>chadwick@airmail.net
- >>http://web2.airmail.net/chadwick
- >
- >Don't mistake me for an expert, but I believe it stands for something like
- >Universal(?) Asynchronous Receive & Transmit. They allow simultaneous
- >reception and transmission of data, sometimes known as full duplex
- >operation.
-
- It also allows data to flow at much faster speeds than the 8250s that
- only go at 9600 baud. chris
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