Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:76622 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:5862 comp.sys.amiga.tech:17822
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!enuxha!gomez
From: gomez@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Jose L. Gomez-Rubio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Announcing a PD I/O Expansion Board for the Amiga
Summary: 16550AFN's?
Keywords: SERIAL,PARALLEL,PORTS,CHEAP
Message-ID: <2159@enuxha.eas.asu.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 18:36:52 GMT
References: <1990Dec12.083430.184@ariel.unm.edu>
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Lines: 6


I have both a '386 (running UNIX) and an Amy.  On the '386, the NS 16550AFN
UART chips have a 16-byte FIFO which greatly reduces interrupt overhead the
'386 UNIX.  I have it running with a serial driver that supports the FIFO
buffer.  Is there any reason why the Amy cannot support the 16550AFNs?
I do fine with a HST at 19.2K baud.