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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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