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- From: JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Does any 28.8 modem have a built-in 16650UART chip
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 01:45:32 GMT
- Organization: The Navas Group of Dublin, CA, USA
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- [Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- cooperst@tricon.net (Mark Cooperstein) wrote:
-
- > why would any internal modem need a UART 16550/16650?? A uart is a
- >device that can change serial data to parallel data. External modems need
- >UARTS, internal modems should not as they are already sitting on a parallel
- >bus!!
-
- Nevertheless they do, for software compatibility. The exceptions are
- certain modems that require special drivers (e.g., USR Winmodem).
-
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