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- From: eds@mtm3.mt.att.com (Edward D. Schulz)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: What's a 16550 look like?
- Date: 21 Apr 1996 02:19:46 GMT
- Organization: Lucent Technologies
- Message-ID: <4lc602$nvq@nntpb.cb.att.com>
- References: <4ktvco$jo5@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <31751426.3292743@netnews.voicenet.com>
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- In article <31751426.3292743@netnews.voicenet.com>,
- Jim Gentry <jgentry@voicenet.com> wrote:
- >tmittman@seas.gwu.edu (Edward M. Mittman) wrote:
- >
- >>And whats the big white thing on the
- >>PC board that says "AT&T ... BABT"?
- >>
- >There is probably at least two rather
- >large chips, perhaps 1.5 to 2 inches square on your modem board; the
- >"big white thing" on your board is one of these... AT&T was likely the
- >designer/OEM for this chip. These are the custom modem chips
-
- I doubt that your modem contains any integrated circuit packaged in
- white. My guess is that the "AT&T ... BABT" device is the line
- isolation transformer. You don't want any DC path between the phone
- line and the digital electronics. BABT is the authority who approves
- telecom equipment for use in the United Kingdom.
-
- So although Jim seems confused, he gave the right answer to the
- main question: the 16550 UART function is integrated into the
- microcontroller in competitive modems these days, so you won't see
- anything labeled 16550.
-
- If you want to know what a UART looks like anyway, see
- http://www.exar.com/products/star/uarts.htm
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- Ed Schulz, Lucent Technologies, Middletown, NJ
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