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Re: Waffle+X00 vs 486/50

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From: david nugent
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:46
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zatar@dadstoy.uucp (Terry Stockdale) writes:

 > I'm at the last stages of purchasing either a 486/33 or a 486/50.  One of
 > the major uses of the system will be running Waffle under DOS5 (or DRDOS6),
 > along with the X00 FOSSIL.  I do have a NS16550AFN on a board I'll transfer
                                                  ^^^
 > to the new machine.
 >
 > Does anyone know of any problems with Waffle/DOS or X00 with such a fast
 > machine?

So long as it's an AFN, no problems. You may trip up on a 386+ with just the
16550A (no FN) though.


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Subject: Re: Waffle+X00 vs 486/50
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