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In <696@solaria.csun.edu>, ecphssrw@afws.csun.edu (Stephen Walton) writes:
>For reasons too long to go into here, I'm using a serial port board on
>a PC/AT which supports the RS-422 as well as RS-232 protocol.  The
>board was failing to keep up at 38.4Kbaud withouth flow control (which
>I can't provide) in RS-422 mode, which it shouldn't do.  A call to the
>manufacturer's tech support netted a promise to send me a 16450, which
>is claimed to be a faster pin-compatible version of the 8250.  Is this
>legit?  Would this switch help the Amiga out at all in terms of its
>serial port speed?

It would be legit for the 8250 used in your PC/AT. But for the Amiga, with its
8520, (which doesn't even handle the serial data anyway), it would not.

In <May.9.00.46.34.1989.2072@pilot.njin.net>, limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Writes:
>I think the re-written-from-scratch serial.device that is due out in
>1.4 will do more good than replacing the chip with the 16450.

It sure will! Might be interesting to see if it smokes when you plug it in
though. :-)

-larry

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