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- From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
- Subject: Re: Help on upgrade to 16550A UART
- Message-ID: <yjfmk3f.wolfgang@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 07:52:19 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- References: <711674982snx@n5ial.chi.il.us>
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- jim@n5ial.chi.il.us (Jim Graham) writes:
- : In article <2m=m4ld.wolfgang@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com writes:
- :
- : > I have both chips NS16450, NS8250 but assumed they are the same.
- :
- : from what I read in the data sheets, that can probably be said for the
- : 8250A vs the 16450, but not for the plain old 8250. of course, good
- : luck getting UART identifying software to know the difference....from
- : the programs I've seen, a visual of the chip is the only truly reliable
- : way to know what you've got.
-
- Thanks for looking them up! Here are the ones I used in the previously
- reported throughput test:
-
- 8250 was a INS 8250N-B
- 16550 was a NS 16550AFN
-
- I also have a couple NS 16450Ns, but no test results yet.
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