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- From: wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken)
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- Subject: Re: Digicom Scout modem
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 21:14:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.173220.20710@yang.earlham.edu> markp@cranham.cc.earlham.edu writes:
- >
- >Why is it that only the internal version has the 16550AFN chip?
-
- Because the 16550 is a UART. These are the parallel/serial converters
- found in serial ports. Since an internal has an onboard serial port, it of
- course needs a UART. An external has no hardware in it that deals with
- your serial port directly.. Its just a DTE device.
-
- Scott
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