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From: mep@stb.uucp (Marty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: COM port chip info needed
Message-ID: <1990Mar15.031938.6489@stb.uucp>
Date: 15 Mar 90 03:19:38 GMT
References: <22946@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: mep@stb.uucp (Marty)
Organization: The Serial Tree BBS, +1 213 397 3137
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In article <22946@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> wooters@icsi.berkeley.edu (Chuck Wooters) writes:
>Hello-
>
>I have a generic (made in Taiwan) multi I/O card.  It
>has a printer port/clock calend/game/ and (I thought)
>two serial ports.  I bought the card a couple of years
>ago, and until recently had no need for the second 
>serial port.  When I tried to hook my mouse to COM2,
>I discovered that the card was missing a chip in the
>socket marked COM2 :-(.
>
>Does anyone know what this chip is?  (I think it might
>be a UART)  What is the number of the chip?  Where can
>I order it?
>

You're right, it's a uart. Specifically, it's a 8250 made by
National Semi and others. It can be ordered mail order... just check
out Byte or something similar for addresses.

marty