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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Question about UART's and PS/2 55SX
- Message-ID: <BR1NwB7w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 16:12:22 EST
- References: <1992Dec30.011654.26829@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
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- sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester) writes:
-
- > Now, my question.....I have a IBM PS/2 55SX. I have no idea what
- > UART it has.
-
- Run MSD or some other diagnostic to find out. I had heard that the 16550
- was standard for PS/2s, but have never checked.
-
- > If it doesn't have a
- > 16550 UART, where and how much is a serial board with a 16550 UART?
-
- Beware: that 55SX is a MicroChannel machine, no? If yes, then you won't be
- able to use the same cheap serial boards that all we poor AT-bus schnooks use.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
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