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From: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: FAS 2.08 async driver, part 1/4
Message-ID: <311@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US>
Date: 8 Feb 91 22:10:04 GMT
References: <60TNCCE@geminix.in-berlin.de> <1991Feb5.165551.549@robobar.co.uk>
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In article <1991Feb5.165551.549@robobar.co.uk> ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
>gemini@geminix.in-berlin.de (Uwe Doering) writes:
>
>> X     um82450 and i82510. 8250 chips are not supported due to various
>What kind of "not supported" status does the 8250 have ?  Will it still
>work at low speeds, such as 1200/2400 or will FAS simply refuse to work ?

8250s are not able to perform in an interrupt environments.
8250As are, but are still slow. 10 MHz and faster machines and
    ^
certainly ANY 16-bit fetcher (80x86) will suffer some or totally
                                  ^
with 8250As.
 
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