Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!ddsw1!karl From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 16450/16550 UART question Message-ID: <[24e2dcc0:4910.1]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 11 Aug 89 15:00:06 GMT References: <89080907301955@masnet.uucp> Lines: 17 >Item 4910 (0 resps) by william.richardson at canremote.uucp on Thu 10 Aug 89 >13:18 >[WILLIAM RICHARDSON] Subject: Re: 16450/16550 UART question > >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 has allowed my USR >HST 14.4 to work properly @ 38400bps without errors. 16550As have 16 character FIFOs, not 6KB! They require software that knows how to work with them -- other than that, they are teriffic. -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM,!ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 312 566-8911], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"