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From: rspangle@jarthur.claremont.edu (The Duke of Dark Corners)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Replacing 16C450 with 16550
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Date: 28 Apr 91 18:46:19 GMT
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I've been following the threads on replacing an 8250 RS232 driver chip with a
16550, and finally took apart my computer to hunt for the comm chip.

Well, I found TWO 16C450's.  I assume this is because my I/O board has two
serial ports.  My question is, does it matter which 16550 I replace them
with?  I assume the C is for CMOS; are all 16550's CMOS?  Does it matter?

The numbers from each chip are:

(MX LOGO)	8838
		MX16C450
		8007-5

(other one)	Lotus Designs
		LD1101/16C450
		8818 LDC


advTHANKSance,

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