How to physically tell 16550 UART chips??

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4 total messages Started by Barry Ward Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00

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Author: Barry Ward
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00

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Does anybody know how to see if a UART chip is of the type 16550  by
sight -- without having to install the card and run the MSD programme.

Thanks

Barry

Re: How to physically tell 16550 UART chips??

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Author: iiNET
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00

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Yep, itll say 16550 on it as opposed to saying 8250


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Barry Ward <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3977d5ba@grissom...
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> Does anybody know how to see if a UART chip is of the type 16550  by
> sight -- without having to install the card and run the MSD programme.
>
> Thanks
>
> Barry
>
>
>

Re: How to physically tell 16550 UART chips??

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Author: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00

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Barry Ward <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote
in message news:3977d5ba@grissom...

> Does anybody know how to see if a UART chip is of the type 16550  by
> sight -- without having to install the card and run the MSD programme.

Real uart ics do have that marked on them.

Chipsets like motherboard chipsets that are 16550 equivalent dont.

Re: How to physically tell 16550 UART chips??

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Author: Michael Price
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:00

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No, generally these days, generic chips are used, and the best way to
tell is to put the card in and use a diagnostic program.

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