Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!know!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!cs352a41 From: cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Where to buy 16550 AFN UART chip? Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 03:00:03 GMT References: <1991Apr17.234533.520@math.ucla.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 20 young@sonia.math.ucla.edu writes: >My I/O card currently has one serial port installed with sockets >available for another. I would like to leave COM1 alone and install >a 16550 AFN in COM2. My problem is that I cannot find anyone willing >to sell me the UART chip alone. Also, there are two additional small >ICs which need to be installed for the second serial port. Any ideas >on which ICs I need there? By the way, I have called WD and they >could only offer me the names of distributors selling the chip in >large quantities. Believe it or not, I've known a Radio Shack or two to carry UARTS _in stock_! Give it a try--they might even be able to order one for you... -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Adam Goldberg ! * ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL ! ! cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu ! * ! programmer could do it!" ! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+