From: drew@ladymacb.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) Subject: Re: 16550 uarts and .99pl8 Date: 26 Apr 1993 21:27:36 GMT
In article <1993Apr24.205606.15429@cs.tulane.edu> butler@cs.tulane.edu (Larry Butler) writes:
>In article <C5yv07.Eny@world.std.com> nigel%gamble@uunet.UU.NET writes:
>>I don't have any problems with 0.99pl8 and my 16550A. But I recently
>>read over in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware that the difference between a
>>16550 and a 16550A is that the 16550 has a bug in the FIFO which can
>>cause repeated characters. So the question is: has anyone who knows
>>that they have a 16550A (and not a plain 16550) seen this repeated
>>character problem?
>
>I posted the original article. According to the messages at boot up messages
>I have two 16550A's. However, I can't find anything in the booklet that came
>with the board that mentions 16550A only 16550. It says:
>"Compatible with the 82C550 and 16550 Universal Asynchronus Receiver
>Transmitters (UARTs)."
>
>Larry
>
>
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