serial ports on the '286

[Rick Richardson]

In article <5909 at bigtex.uucp> james at bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) writes:
>In article <4690 at b-tech.UUCP>, zeeff at b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff) wrote:
>> I think serious thought should be given to supporting the NS16550AN.  

>$22.  Their phone number is 1-800-932-7769.  You want the 16550AN
>part, not the 16550N (the N suffix is just package type: the A is
>significant).  I've already got one sitting in my serial board to
>prove compatibility - I'd be happy to beta test (hint, hint).

I've got four of them in my Digicom/4 on my 286 running Venix SVR2.
And one more in a standard IBM serial card.
I've been running a very slightly hacked driver since February with
these parts.  The parts work, the driver changes are very minor.
Although my 386 doesn't need the extra help right now, I'm in process
of hacking the asy driver to handle these parts as well.  Someday
the 286 will be retired from being the communications hub around here,
and I want to be ready...

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		Rick Richardson, PC Research, Inc.

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