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- From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: 8250 or 16450 UART?
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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:51:46 GMT
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- bi927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Yi Jin) writes:
- >I recently ran "msd" from windows3.1. I was suprized to see that my IDE
- >2HD/2FD I/O card on;ly has 8250UART. Then I ran an old version of the
- >landmark tester utility. It tells me that I have 16450 UART. So what
- >exactly that I/O use? I would really be pissed off if my 486DX-33 uses
- >8250UART.
-
- Most UART detection programs seem to be fooled by Windows 3.1's
- virtualization, but MSD tells the truth, as far as I've been able to
- tell. If it says you only have an 8250 then you only have an 8250.
- That's why you get more COM ports..
-
- Different programs will say you alternately have an 8250 or a 16450
- because they look the same to the software - it can display either, so
- it just shows one.
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