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- From: radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel)
- Subject: Re: Have I been hosed?
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- Organization: University of Delaware
- References: <1992Dec23.100012.24624@netcom.com> <BkPBwB5w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 18:05:24 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <BkPBwB5w165w@zswamp.UUCP> geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
- >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
-
- His point wasn't that he got hosed in buying a 16550AN (non-F) chip; he
- was confirming the original poster's suspicions that he got ripped off
- by the store where he paid $40 for the chip. After all, most places sell
- the chips for $10 to $12 apiece.
-
- I paid $28 for a new card with 2 serial/1 parallel/1 game and *two*
- NS16550AFN chips. I would have to agree that he got hosed.
-
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