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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: Netblazer
- Message-ID: <C0JFMF.4nu@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:47:02 GMT
- References: <MLEWIS.93Jan7101356@yoyo.telebit.com> <C0I42H.23D@news.rn.com> <1993Jan07.224637.4538@xenitec.on.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan07.224637.4538@xenitec.on.ca> merce@xenitec.on.ca (Jim Mercer) writes:
- >In article <C0I42H.23D@news.rn.com> larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >>Since the serial ports in the netblazer are on the motherboard, is it
- >>possible to disable them and add a stock 2 port serial board with
- >>16550A chips and will the NB take advantage of the FIDO buffers in
- >>the chips?
- >>
- >>Can the NB support 2 56700 baud modems going full blast on the
- >>stock 2 serial ports on the motherboard?
- >
- >try pulling the case off and seeing of the UARTs are 16550's.
- >
- >i would suspect so.
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- They certainly are. (I have examined lots of these)
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- They wouldn't work at that speed if they weren't.
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