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From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: FAS 2.08 async driver, part 1/4
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.175311.849@sci34hub.sci.com>
Date: 14 Feb 91 17:53:11 GMT
References: <60TNCCE@geminix.in-berlin.de> <1991Feb5.165551.549@robobar.co.uk> <311@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US> <1991Feb12..4822@rdk386.uucp>
Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
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In article <1991Feb12..4822@rdk386.uucp> ron@rdk386.UUCP (Ron Kuris) writes:
= [ discussing 8250s ]
=I have a Bell-Technologies HUB-6 card and got it running at 19.2k
=without any problems on my reasonably-performing 386 (although its
=only at 20mhz).  The cips are marked INS8250N-B, and the docs
=say they are "high performance 8250 chips"... Also, this card appears
=to be supported in the driver.  Are there newer models with 16550A's
=on them?

No. The HUB-6 is a discontinued problem. You should be able to replace
the 8250s with 16550As, though; I believe they're pin-compatible. Be
real careful taking out the 8250s, and install sockets to make life 
easier.

-- 
Gary Heston System Mismanager and technoflunky uunet!sci34hub!gary or
My opinions, not theirs.  SCI Systems, Inc.     gary@sci34hub.sci.com
Support call 2/6/91: "Does this thing have a power switch on the back?" 
"Ahhh, there's one on the right side, near the back." "Oh. It was off."