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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Diffs between 16550A & 16550AFN
- Message-ID: <DmDRXB5w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 22:16:36 EST
- References: <727480618snx@n5ial.mythical.com>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
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- jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim Graham) writes:
-
- > as for the difference between the 16550A and the 16550AF, if you'll
- > look (if you can) on page 4-39 of {Data Communications / Local Area
- > Networks / UARTs Handbook}, 1990 edition, from National Semiconductor
- > (NS16550AF data sheets), you'll see a parameter t_RXI (t sub RXI), which
- > is described as
- > __ _____
- > ``Delay from RD RBR to RXRDY Inactive''
- >
- > with a max value of 290 ns. this parameter did not exist for the
- > 16550A, and a totally new die was cut when this was added, thus the
- > new part number, 16550AF. otherwise, they're the same chip.
-
- Shore 'nuff, the 16550A data book mentions t_WXI (with a max of 195 ns),
- but no corresponding t_RXI.
-
- > now, what he hadn't looked into was where this change is of any
- > significance (I get the impression that the plain old 16550A hasn't
- > been talked about there for quite some time).
-
- Since TXRDY and RXRDY are used only in DMA mode (the pins won't even be
- supported in normal 8250/16450 sockets; they were "chip select out" and "no
- connection" on those chips), this should make no difference at all to those
- using the 16550 in a PC.
-
- > of course, it's mostly academic (unless you happen to have an old chip),
-
- I happen to have a pair of the old chips and would not trade them for the
- world.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
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