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- From: saustin@bbn.com (Steve Austin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Help on upgrade to 16550A UART
- Date: 23 Jul 1992 01:07:13 GMT
- Lines: 14
- Message-ID: <l6s1i1INNhrb@news.bbn.com>
- References: <7614@lee.seas.ucla.edu> <willmore.711391433@vincent1.iast>
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- willmore@iastate.edu writes:
-
- >Now, what I want to know
- >is does anyone have a program to detect what type of serial chip a
- >computer has? Some little .com file that says:
-
- >port 1 is 16550
- >port 2 is 16550
- >port 3 is 8550
-
- With Windows 3.1 you get a DOS program called MSD which gives you
- a whole load of information like this (including what chip you have).
-
- Steve
-