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From: jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 16450/16550 UART question
Keywords: UART
Message-ID: <21200@hodge.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 89 02:53:56 GMT
Organization: Hodge Computer Research Corporation
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Three questions:

    1) Could someone explain the difference between the 8250, 16450,
       and 16550 UARTs?

    2) Is it possible to replace 16450 UARTs in a serial I/O board
       with 16550 UARTs with no modifications to the circuit?

    3) Give a few mail order references to where one might purchase
       16550 UARTs and the typical price of same.


Thanks,


-- 

"I'm an anthropologist, not a computer systems architect, damit!"

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