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- From: ohd@ornl.gov (OLIVE D H)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: ugh, more BocaModem problems... (or not...)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.195734.29395@ornl.gov>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 19:57:34 GMT
- References: <Bsu8Ht.3E6@animal.gcs.co.nz> <1992Aug12.102759.17311@mits.mdata.fi> <Bsw4nL.6Cp@animal.gcs.co.nz>
- Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- In article <Bsw4nL.6Cp@animal.gcs.co.nz> lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug12.102759.17311@mits.mdata.fi> larry@mits.mdata.fi (Lasse Hero) writes:
- >>lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu) writes:
- >>
- >>>About the 16550A I have heard from a local distributor that there is new
- >>>firmware coming from Rockwell (by way of 1.25 ROMS) that will partially
- >>>solve this problem. Rather than have a fifo, the firmware will buffer
- >>>data so that if the PC cannot service the interrupt fast enough, it will
- >>>delay sending to the UART (or something like that - I did not quite understand
- >>>the explanation). Anyway it's about 3-4 weeks off so I will wait and see.
- >>
- >>Do you happen to know if there is new firmware coming for the
- >>external modems too? (I don't know if there is even need for such,
- >>just curious)
- >>
- >>--
- >>larry@mits.mdata.fi "You don't have to tell me nothing!"
- >
- >It wouldn't need the firmware to take care of overrun problems I would guess
- >since your external modem would use the serial card in the PC which would
- >(might) have a 16550A.. But the fax problems which exist in 1.03 would need
- >to be addressed I presume.
- >
- >Laurence Chiu
- >
-
- I'd like to change out my 16540 UART and go with a 16550A but what is involved
- in this? Is it as simple as pulling the old one out and sticking the new one
- in? Where do you find a 16550A for sale and how much is it? I called my
- local Electronics store and they do not carry them.
-