Re: Help needed with ports

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From: Gregory Y. Shomstein
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 00:00

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hellman@teleport.com (Walter Hellman) wrote:
>
> 	Hi,
> 	I ran Microsoft Diagnostics to check my port speeds.  Com 1 and 
> Com 2 are both only a UART 8250.  I know you want that number to be 16500.  
> Is there any way I can upgrade this port?  I want to use a modem 
> (external) on it.  Will an internal modem make it so I don't need the 
> 16500 speed?

Internal modems with 14.4 Kbps speed and higher come with 16550 UART chip 
on board. You do not have to purchase anything else. If you want to use
an external modem, you would have to invest in a special board that will
allow your external modem to work at 14.4Bps speed and higher. (The cost 
is around $35).
I am guessing, it is not a clone PC. In case it a clone, you could 
purchase new I/O card with 16550 UART on borad, then your COM
ports will work using this chip.

Greg

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From: "Gregory Y. Shomstein" <grsst3@pop.pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: Help needed with ports
Date: 1995/04/16
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