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From: sylve_ge@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Gerald E Sylvester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Where is the UART?
Message-ID: <7975@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 13 Apr 91 22:11:43 GMT
References: <1991Apr13.202632.26723@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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In article <1991Apr13.202632.26723@sbcs.sunysb.edu> altman@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) writes:
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>On the planar board of the 55sx, where is the 16550 UART
>and is it possible to replace it with a 16550ANF.  In other
>words, I want a UART with a working FIFO!


While your at it, could you also explain what the UART does and what
function a working FIFO does?

Thanks
Gerald Sylvester
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