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- From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: UART 16550 chip compatibles?
- Message-ID: <rdippold.721616562@qualcom>
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- Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
- References: <1992Nov12.202315.8786@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:02:42 GMT
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- i4n1@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Eric Versloot) writes:
- >My question is how do I know if a new card has the 16550. I don't think all
- >the serial cards come right out and say UART 16550 on them. Some of the
- >all-in-one cards have one bigger chip for UART.
-
- Right, there are cards that include a couple serial chips in a single
- custom chip. Some of them are 16550 compatible.
-
- > So can I have the
- >capabilities of the UART 16550 in another chip? What do I have to look
- >for on the serial card?
-
- If you don't see anything like a 16550 anywhere on the card, the only
- way to really tell is probably to run a diagnostic program that checks
- to see what kind of UART you have. If you have Windoze you can use
- MSD.EXE. It doesn't say anything in the card specs?
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