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- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!umeecs!dip.eecs.umich.edu!dmuntz
- From: dmuntz@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Daniel A Muntz)
- Subject: Re: 16550 vs. 16550AFN
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.154844.11924@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
- References: <1992Aug18.221918.1@vax1.umkc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:48:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.221918.1@vax1.umkc.edu> eputnam@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
- >
- >I was just wondering if any modem manufactures (or anyone) would still be
- >putting 16550 chips on their internal modems. The reason I ask this is that
- >I am planning on purchasing an internal 14.4kbs modem and plan to use it with
- >both OS/2 2.0 and Windows 3.1. As I understand, the 16550 is defective and
- >the chip to have is the 16550AFN. Is this correct? If so, do I need to make
- >absolutely sure that I am getting an "AFN" chip, or am I safe with any modem
- >which claims to have a 16550?
-
- You should be safe with 16550A, 16550AN, 16550AFN, or PC16550 (replaces the
- 16550AFN). There is a rumor that AFN fixed a bug in the A/AN chip, but
- the NS engineers I've talked to didn't mention this.
-
- -Dan
-