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From: ken@nsc.nsc.com (Kenneth Trant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.wanted
Subject: Re: Serial cards with 16550 UART chip
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Date: 1 Jun 90 23:35:13 GMT
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From article <2481@zipeecs.umich.edu>, by shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim):
$ In article <1990Jun1.175846.16111@cs.dal.ca> lane@cs.dal.ca (John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane) writes:
$>I am interested in serial ports using the new 16550 UART chip:
$>
$>What is the difference between this chip and the 16450 chip used in most
$>AT I/O cards?  What are the advantages/disadvantages in using this chip?
$>
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 The 16550 has FIFO buffers so they handle much higher thru-put.


 Ken Trant