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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Chips in a Bell HUB card?
Keywords: 16550, Bell Tech HUB card, PD asy driver
Message-ID: <1910@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 89 14:35:25 GMT
References: <897@pmafire.UUCP>
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Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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Reply-exos:@crdgw1:To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)

In article <897@pmafire.UUCP> dave@pmafire.UUCP (Dave Remien) writes:
| 
| Just at a question, does the Bell Tech HUB card use 16450 chips for
| the serial I/O? Has anyone tried using a HUB card with Jim Murray's asy
| driver with 16550 chips in place?

  Sorry, the chips are not 16550 (I believe they are 8250, but don't
quote me). That question came up two days ago when I installed a HUB
board myself. Worse luck they're soldered in and would be a grade-A
*bitch* to get out.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon