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From: aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 16550A uarts
Message-ID: <190@tabbs.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 89 19:19:11 GMT
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From article <[24f80422:183.1]comp.unix.i386;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, by karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger):
<>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....

Do you need any special drivers to run a 16550 under SCO Xenix?  If so, where
can i get them?

thanks

aris

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