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From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, John Kelly wrote:

> >No, 16650's run the port at 4x whatever speed you set it to.
> 
> Only if using a 7.3728 MHz clock.  But if using the typical 1.8432 MHz
> clock found on older serial adapters you will get the usual 1x speeds.

Actually, I think the 16650 has a software flag to quadruple the baud
rate, though from the way it works, I think you need to make sure your
oscilators are more accurate.