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- From: nitrous@vividnet.com (Nitrous)
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- Subject: Re: 16550 UART version (A, F, etc.) How can you tell which one?
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 00:18:23 GMT
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- leobueno@miles.netpoint.net (Leo Bueno) wrote:
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- >I need a 16550 UART card for my upraded (28.8) modem. The big computer
- >store that I visit only has the SIIG brand cards. Although the box says
- >the card has a "16550" UART, it doesn't say whether it's a 16550"A", etc.
- >This may be important to know, given that I have seen some postings which
- >say that the original plain old 16550 was buggy.
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- >In general, how can one tell which version of the 16550 is included in a
- >card? In particular, which version of the 16550 does SIIG use?
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- I have the SIIG card and put in real 16550AFN's
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