Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 04:30:12 PDT
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TCP-Group Digest Tue, 13 Jul 93 Volume 93 : Issue 179
Today's Topics:
8250 or not 8250 that is the question
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Date: 12 Jul 93 16:09:56 GMT
From: Jon Jagger <J.R.Jagger@sheffield-hallam.ac.uk>
Subject: 8250 or not 8250 that is the question
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
Hi,
I've managed to scrounge various bits of kit, and have a working
386PC with mono monitor, 40MB hard disk, ne2000 card, IO
card, keyboard for stlg80 :-). I'm hoping to get it set up as a gateway
eventually. What I was wanting to know regards the serial chip on
the IO card. Is there anyway to tell whether it has an 8250 or a
16550 (I'd prefer the later). I was thinking that maybe there was
a software method of determining whether you've got the FIFO queue
or not. I've looked on the card itself and there's nothing obvious.
I was also wondering if there's any way to tell from within NOS
(by looking at the watermark stats? after a real packet blast)
Lastly is there any documentation for the remote server anywhere?
Thanks
JJ
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