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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:38:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Linh Pham <lplist@q.closedsrc.org>
To:        John Amdor III <johnmxl@radiks.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007241635490.33930-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <397CD175.5D44057B@radiks.net>

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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, John Amdor III wrote:

> Make sure the serial port that you connect your new external modem to is
> running a 16550 UART...anything faster than abt 14.4k on a 16450 causes
> problems.  Of course, if your MB is relatively new, that shouldn't be a
> problem.  On the other hand, if you are like me and keeping older
> hardware alive, it does become a concern.

There are two versions of the 16550 UART. There is the 16550 and the
16550A. Make sure it's the latter since the original 16550 lacks a decent
buffer and can easily cause huge headaches.

// Linh Pham
// http://closedsrc.org



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