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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 16450/16550 UART question
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Date: 10 Aug 89 12:42:51 GMT
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In article <89080907301955@masnet.uucp>, william.richardson@canremote.uucp (WILLIAM RICHARDSON) wrote:
}The 16550A is a teriffic UART, It will replace the 16450 or 82450 and
}give you a 6K buffer that is supported by Telix.

It's a 16-byte buffer, not 6144 bytes....  But even that makes a huge
difference (38400 would generate interrupts at the same rate as 2400 without
the buffer).
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