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- From: Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Can I upgrade a 16450 uart to a 16550a?
- Message-ID: <Conrad_Nobili-120193160934@nobili.harvard.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 21:16:27 GMT
- References: <2To7wB1w165w@halcyon.com> <726768660snx@n5ial.mythical.com>
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- In article <726768660snx@n5ial.mythical.com>, jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim
- Graham) wrote:
-
- > yes, but the original poster said specifically that this chip *IS* a
- > 16450. not a clone in a multi-function VLSI chip, a 16450, period.
- > the sales droid said it was a VLSI, while the original poster had
- > already determined it to be a 16450 (I'm assuming he knows how to read
- > the identification off a chip).
-
- Well, *maybe* you *can* assume that. But likely this bozo just used
- *software* to determine the pedigree of the chip. That technique will
- certainly be fooled by VLSI imitating a 16450.
-
- I know many of you like to flame dealers for incompetence, and rightfully
- so, as many of them *are* incompetent, but you also have to remember that
- there are even more people on the net who are even more incompetent....
-
- I can't believe I bothered to follow up this useless flame....
-
- Conrad C. Nobili N1LPM Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU Harvard University OIT
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