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From: mussar@bcars53.uucp (G. Mussar)
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 and 16550 UART not compatible?
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.164006.17242@bigsur.uucp>
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References: <3605@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <1990Aug14.203320.5962@bigsur.uucp> <868@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 90 16:40:06 GMT

The 16550 has 16 char FIFOs for receive and transmit. The 16450 has smaller
FIFOs (if any). The 16450 is supposed to be reasonalbly compatable with the
8250. Perhaps some hardware expert would care to fill in all the gory details
of 8250 vs 16450 vs 16550.

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