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From: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Suitable serial card for H/S modem
Message-ID: <1991Feb17.005550.4894@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 17 Feb 91 00:55:50 GMT
References: <6804.27BA1B22@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Organization: University of Helsinki
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In article <6804.27BA1B22@zswamp.fidonet.org>, root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
> Larry Snyder (larry@nstar.rn.com ) wrote:
> 
>  >goat@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Glendower, goat of goats) writes:
>> I'm looking for the same damn thing. All I know is that you can buy a 
>>"16550" for about $12 from some place in texas (saw that in Computer Shopper)
>  >16550's contain bugs - make sure you get a 16550A 
> 
  [...]   I'm also told that Western Digital 16550s have wierd catches as 
> well, so:
> 
>    BE SURE, WHEN ORDERING 16550 CHIPS, THAT YOU'RE GETTING A *NATIONAL 
> SEMICONDUCTOR* PART!

    I have an Orchid memoryboard with serial port, and it says  "(c) WDC'89"
    and "WD16C550JM" on the chip next to the port. Is this a Western Digital
    16550 ? And what's the wierd catch ?

    Teemu
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