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- From: jeroenp@rulfc1.LeidenUniv.nl (Jeroen W. Pluimers)
- Subject: Re: 16550 Uart questions..
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.202129.15857@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl>
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- Organization: Dept. FMC, Gorlaeus Labs, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- References: <1992Dec25.125953.27654@u.washington.edu> <wmHewB5w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 20:21:29 GMT
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- In article <wmHewB5w165w@zswamp.UUCP> geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
- >
- > I've never seen a 16-bit dumb serial card. The $400+ intelligent
-
- There are 16-it dumb serial cards. You need a 16-bit slot to enable high IRQs
- (go beyond IRQ8).
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- Mostly these cards are multi I/O cards (4 serial, 1 parallel, 1 game, 1 mouse)
- with 16550's preinstalled and bidirectional parallel ports.
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