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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: 16550A uarts
Message-ID: <[24f80422:183.1]comp.unix.i386;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 27 Aug 89 16:00:03 GMT
References: <[179]comp.unix.i386@point.UUCP>
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>Item 183 (0 resps) by wek at point.UUCP on Sat 26 Aug 89 23:40
>[Bill Kuykendall]    Subject: 16550A uarts (<Unknown> lines)
>
>I've seen quite a bit of discussion of the 16550A uarts that add FIFO
>capabilities to standard serial cards.  My question is, can these chips
>replace 8250's directly, or can they only be used in place of the 16450
>chips?

You can use them in place of either....

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