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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Have I been hosed?
- Message-ID: <BkPBwB5w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 00:39:22 EST
- References: <1992Dec23.100012.24624@netcom.com>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
- Lines: 21
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- marks@netcom.com (Mark Sherred) writes:
-
- > National has a very nice application note about the different UARTS.
- > It is AN-493. The 'F' stands for FIFO. The 'N' means a plastic package.
- > At high baud rates, the PC may not always service the UART's interupt before
- > a second character is received. The NS16550AFN has a 16 byte receive FIFO
- > and another 16 byte transmit FIFO. The chips powers-up with the FIFOs
- > disabled, so you need software that knows how to enable them.
-
- That description also matches the NS16550AN, non-F, exactly.
-
- > The bottom line is it sounds like you got hosed.. sorry.
-
- I disagree with your conclusion.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
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