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From: vlr@litwin.com (Vic Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: hardware control / SCO Unix
Keywords: hardware control serial / SCO Unix
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.014209.491@litwin.com>
Date: 28 Aug 90 01:42:09 GMT
References: <149@grumbly.UUCP>
Organization: Litwin Process Automation, Houston
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root@grumbly.UUCP (rb duc) writes:

>Does anyone know anything about whether SCO Unix can take advantage of
>high speed serial UARTs (NS16550AFN, etc) and hardware flow control?

>I've heard FAS drivers mentioned for Interactive - can someone expound
>on this.

First question: No, the standard SCO serial drivers do not take advantage
	        of the FIFO buffer in the NS16550AFN UART.
		
Second question: I took a brief stab at getting the FAS driver working
                 under SCO UNIX 3.2.1. I had no success. I hasten to add
                 I am not an expert at these matters. If anyone was able to
		 get this driver working under SCO's Unix, I would
		 love to hear about it.

-- 
Dr. Victor L. Rice
Litwin Process Automation