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- From: isc10192@nusunix1.nus.sg (KOH KHANG WEE)
- Subject: Re: 16550 Uart questions..
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.020519.2047@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- References: <1992Dec25.125953.27654@u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 02:05:19 GMT
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- I/We are Gaia (gaia@carson.u.washington.edu) wrote:
- : I just started reading this news group, and have read all I can on this
- : particular subject here, but didn't seem to get an answer to my particular
- : questions, so I guess I have to ask anyway..
- :
- : I just got a SupraFAXmodem v.32bis, my are the threads here vicious on
- : them, but so far I haven't had any problems at all, I do seem to have the
- : 1.200-H revision roms. Are these the most recent?? Anyway, I had to put
- : the com software down to 19,200 since the 8250/16450 uart just spits at
- : 38,4 or 57,6. Here is my question..
-
- Well congrats, i too am a satisfied supra owner. And yes, i changed the
- i/o card because the 16450 sucks at high speed. And yes 1.2H is new...
- they have got a 1.2J which is the same but for an added feature - caller
- id. caller id works only if ur phone company supports it.
-
- :
- : I have a generic 8 bit multi-io card, and the manual that came with it,
- : actually better than most I have seen, it actually gives details.. It
- : says to enable the second serial port I have to insert the following Ic's:
- : 1488,1489,and 16450 (I assume this is the uart), I have seen the card, it
- : does have both serial ports installed, and the base seems to be setup the
- : same way. In order to get the advantage of the 16550, can I just unplug
- : the 8250/16450 and plug in a 16550?? Do the other 2 chips (small like
- : drams) need to be replaced, if so with what?? Does it need to be a 16bit
- : card?? And finally where can I get a genuine National Semiconductor
- : 16550AFN if all this is possible, for a decent price.
- :
- I think that if the secondary UART is not soldered in, the chip can be
- unplugged and replaced straitaway with a 16550AFN, this was told to me
- by some shops. But too bad, mine was soldered on, so i had to get a new
- i/o card. I dun think the other 2 support chips should be replaced, they
- are quite generic to all i/o cards. I dunno where u can get a GENUINE NS
- 16550AFN, cos i live in Singapore and we only got taiwan 16550AFNs, they
- are quite cheap here (about US$7) FYI. Also do not get a 16550A, it's
- buggy.
-
- : Right now I am getting close to 1800 cps in procomm for windows, but I
- : wouldn't mind to see if I can get more, but also I would just like to run
- : at recommended rates, you know 57,6 for 14.4 compressed data, and all
- : that.. That is with Zmodem by the way.
-
- 1800 cps, i suppose u use Ymodem-g, ok this protocol has no built in
- error correction, it assumes the modem u have has error correction
- (highly unsafe for unclean lines when modems cannot connect at error
- correction mode) with the 16550 UART i got a cps rate of close to 1950
- with ymodem-g. Zmodem is better, such that it has built in error
- correction, transfer rate is of course slower, but worth it most of the
- time, average transfer before the 16550 was 1550cps, after installing
- the 16550, it was 1650cps. Hope this helps.
- :
- : Funny, my supra connects to my university dial-in, but apparently I know
- : someone with a Intel 14.4/fax that can't connect above 9600 while I nailed
- : 14.4 on my first try, I just am one of the lucky ones I guess..
- :
- dun think that's wierd, your school's modems are probably not configured
- properly (often the cause of 99.9% of modem problems) and if u use
- procomm for windows, ur supra has the best configuration u can churn out
- as procomm provides the config 4 u. That's why u have such good
- performance from ur supra.... just like me...
-
- Hope what i've said helps....email me if u need anymore help.
-
- : Any info appreciated..
- : Gaia@carson.u.washington.edu
-
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